Kāṇḍa 13 — Rohita and other cosmological hymns

RiRii Mighty Ooe, who liest in the watersi and enter

The strength that was in waters hath ascended.

Ye Maruts, strong and mighty, sons of Ppsi^i, with

TheUtp^hiriki: the pUce whence aU creation springs. There k »jilaT of wofds in the original: nUe r s r dt s f MiM ^Tr m ^ M . thelJawns.

Far tkee: for thjsali; BohiU. ScaiUrtd: M. Henry roads wgdi^an -mvtdiyai for vtdiikam of the text which is marked as doubtful in the Index Verborum. ^akmtrU: (from fo^ to b« strong) Terses in tlie Sakrarl metre consis ti ns of 56 (7 x 8) sjilaUes; here thestannsof the two SImans or Malms called BaiTato (Wealthy) and Sakvan (Potent), the former of which is identified with the Bphat, in AiUroya BrihooaiuL

Pmrame9k^ki^: the Supreme Being, 4ja Ehfpdda: the Unborn or Eternal Ooe^ooted; a penonification of the Sun and heie identified with Bohita.

Mikit: $9ir; the highest heayen, the, fmpjraan, the abode of .the Sun, supported bj the ntult of ndka, the firmament or welkin. l4f^tkmiimii$/0rmMr: wAmtiUfih^ ambrosia, . Soma that makes iktm launorlaL

S&rya hath harnessed to his car to draw him seven

Thy risings up, thy mountings and ascensions where- with thou fiUest heaven and air's mid-region— By prayer for these, by milk of these, increasing, in Ilohita's kingdom watch, among his people.

Tketribei: cf. stann i. Here the Celestials are meant. JXjr keai : there is a play on the word tdpa$ which means l>oth heat and fenrent devotioa or religious austerit/. The Calf: Agni or Rohita as the young Suu. Odjfolrt : the peiwmification of the metre which is espeeiall/ saored to Agui identUied here with Rohita. iii§ wnatktt : Dawn, who precoies and may be said to produce the Sun.

Erected, Rohita hath reached the welkin, wise, young,

Thousand-horned Bull, may J&tavedas, worshipped

Rohita is the sire and mouth of worship: to him with

Rohita ordered sacriBce for Visvakarman : thence

po thee hare moanted Briliatl and Pankti, and ^ Kakap with great splendour, JAtavedas I

He goes into the womb of earth, he robes himvelf in

To us, y&ohaspati, may Earth be pleasant, pleasant

His herald rays are seen afar refulgent o'er the world

Swift and all-beautiful art thou, O Sihrya^ maker of

With splendour let Gk>d Savitar, and Agni» with

With that same eye of thine wherewith thua Beest^ • brilliant Vann;A»

Golden, refulgent, loay is the Lady, BohiQl, Bohita's

Rohita's seat is Rohiol before us : that is the path

SArya's bay steeds refulgent and immortal draw the

The single-footed hath outstepped the biped, the

Dear unto all men, facing all directions, with hands

Prepare the Milky One who teems with fatness : she

Both kindling and inflamed/ adored with batter and ' enlianced thereby » . ^

Let him smite down in death and barn the foeman

One is deposited in Truth, one kindled in the waters:

Cast down oar foes beneath oar feet, O Agni. Bp-

Brilliant, observant, mightv Lord, an Eagle illuming both the spheres and air between them.

Calf of VirAj, the Ball of prayers and worsliip, white- backed, he hath gone np to air's mid-regioo.

Bright presence of the Gk>ds, the luminous herald, SArya.hnth mounted the celestial regions. Day's maker, he hath shone away the darkness, and ladiant, passed o'er places iiard to traverse.

Tbksii from ?. V. L 115. 1.

Cleansed by prayer, sacrifices bear thee upward: y . bay coursers, ever travellin.:^, convey thee. Thy

Rohita, conqaeror of cows and riches and gathered

Timti Klk, penonHled sod deified. See XIX. 53.

A God, thou injurest the Gods: thou movest in

To all the regions Rohita came, the imperial Lord of

Mounting the lofty ones, he, bright, unwearied, splen-

She hath become one-footed or two-footed, four-

This, Immortal One, I know of thee, thy progress

Beyond the sky, beyond the Earth looks S6rya, and

The earth was made his altar, and the wide expanses

He stablished heat and cold, he made the mountains

Rohita's Agni— his who found heaven's light— is

Both Aenis— Rohita's who found the light of heaven

That decked by Wind, and that prepared by Indra

Rohita made the earth to be his altar, heaven his

The earth became an altar, heat was Agni, and the

Then, having made the hills stand up, Rohita spake

TkU 9tenfit9 : typifying and originating erestion. See $. Y. X. •81.7r8e.9;180.l,iiotea

Dtrootad against demoniacal beings.

Thou who, between the 6re and me, passesi across

Whoe'er he be.who, S&rya, God I comes between^thee ^ and mis to-day, '"

Itten from 9. V. X. 57. I.

May we obtain,^completely wrought, the thread spun out to reach the Gods, That perfecteth our sacrifice.

Beat them down, Indra, with thy bolt, l^t them

Voru^a: used here' as an appellative (the Encompaaaen of S&iya. Siyaya ezplaina the word aa unitk^vni^d^'uka^ avert^r of evil. • 14 TiUpmtt brij/iU mvm : the aeren ateeda that draw hia ^hariot ; the number having leferenee to the eun'a seven rays. See Xi. 1. 36, Bote. HtB 9mm ii40r Uam: or, yoked of themelvea. ' 86 Talwn, with variatlona, from ?. V. X. 81. S. BearM : the ?. V.

BoAi^t : feminine of Roliita; the Red (oowormaie) : here mean* iug Uslias or S^wn. In later times Rohipt was the name of a lunar asterism personified as a daughter of Daksha and regarded as the favourite wife ol the Moon.

Rise ap to earth, rise ap to heaven above it ; rise ap

High in the midst of heaven may we behold thee

Him, Son of Aditi, an Eagle hasting along heaven a

Flaming and radiant, strengthening his body, bestow* ing floods that promptly come to meet us. He, luminous, wingocf, mighty, strength-bestower, hath mounted all the regions as he forms them.

Ascending ap on high, Ood, SArya, drive my

Jkmn looking, on the ridge of sky Savitar goes to highest hearen.

To misty cloud filled with his rays Mahendra goes

Rudra, and MahAdeva, he is Aryaman and VaruDia.

Agni is he, and SArya, he is verily MahAyama.

Calves Joined, stand close beside him, ten in number,

Creator, and Ordainer, he is VAyu, he is lifted cloud.

To misty cloud filled with his rays Mahendra goM encompassed round. . .:

His are the nine supports, the casks set in nine

He keepeth watch o*er creatures, all that breatheth

This conquering might hath entered him. He is the

In him these Deities beoome simple and One.

Renown and glory, and force and cloud, the BrAh*

To him who knoweth this Qtid as simple and One.

Neither second, nor third, nor yet fourth is he called;

He is called neither fifth, nor sixth, nor yet seventh;

He is called neither eighth, nor nintS, nor yet tenth.

He watcheth over creatures, all that breatheth and

Tliw cooqoering nii;;ht hath entered him. He is the • aole, the simple Oaei the One alone.

In him these Deities become simple and One.

Devotion and Keligions Fervour, and renown and

And past and future, and Faith and lustre, and

He is Rudra, winner of wealth in the giving of

All sorcerers on earth obey with reverence his high

All constellations yonder, with the Moon, are sub-

He was brought forth from Day : and Day derives

From Heaven was he produced : and Heaven derives

He sprang from regions of the sky : from him the

He is the ofTspring of the Earth : Earth hath her

Ho was produced from fire: and fire derives its

He is the waters' offspring : and from him the

From holy verses was he bom : from him the holy

He is the sou of sacrifice : and sacrifice was bom

Sacrifice, sacrifice's Lord, he was made head of

For misery or happiness, for mortal man or Asonu .

Such is thy greatness, liberal Lord! A hundred

Millions are in thy million, or tiiou art a billion ia

Stronger than imiuortality is lodra : stivDger thou ' than deaths ;

Yea, stronger than MMlignity art thou. O Iiidra,

Worship to thee whom all behold 1 Rejfard uie, thou

With food, and fame, and vigour, with the splendour

We pay thee reverence calling thee strength, power,

We pay thee reverence calling thee red power, the

We pay thee reverence calling thee vast, wide, the

We pay thee reverence calling thee e)ctension, com-

We pay thee reverence, calling thee rich, opulent in

Worship to thee whom all behold t Kegard me, thou

With food, and fame, and vigour, with the splendour

He was brought forth from Night: and Night derives her origin from him.

He was produced from Wind : and Wind derives his