Mantra 4

Sukta 56

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नैतां विदुः पितरो नोत देवा येषां जल्पिश्चरत्यन्तरेदम्। त्रिते स्वप्नमदधुराप्त्ये नर आदित्यासो वरुणेनानुशिष्टाः

IAST Transliteration

náitā́ṃ viduḥ pitáro nótá devā́ yéṣāṃ jálpiś cáraty ántarédam | trité svápnam adadhur ā́ptye nára ādityā́so váruṇenā́nuśiṣṭāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Neither Fathers know this, nor yet the Gods—this muttering that wanders in the interval within this world. In Trita Āptya they set Dream, the Ādityas, as strong ones, schooled by Varuṇa.

Translation

此事，祖灵（Pitṛ）不知，诸天神亦不知：那在此世间隙中游走的喃喃低语。阿底提耶诸神（Āditya）——受伐楼那（Varuṇa）训导的强者——把“梦”（Svapna）安置在特里塔·阿普提耶（Trita Āptya）之中。

Word by Word

नnot

एताम्this (one)

विदुःthey know

पितरःthe Fathers (ancestors)

नnor

उतalso; even

देवाःthe gods

येषाम्of whom; whose

जल्पिःthe mutterer; prattler (a being/personified agent)

चरतिmoves; wanders

अन्तराbetween; in the midst

इदम्this

त्रितेin/with Trita (a deity/figure)

स्वप्नम्sleep; dream

अदधुःthey placed; they put

आप्त्येin/at the Aptya (realm/lineage; ‘Aptya’)

नरःmen; heroes

आदित्याःthe Ādityas

वरुणेनby Varuṇa

अनुशिष्टाःinstructed; enjoined

Attribution

Rishi: Late Atharvanic attribution (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Svapna; Ādityas/Varuṇa as regulators; Trita Āptya as locus.

Chandas: Late triṣṭubh-like cadence (requires metrical confirmation).

Mantra Rasa

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