Section 1.1
Original Sanskrit
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
1.1.1 उषा वा अश्वस्य मेध्यस्य शिरः ।सूर्यश्चक्षुर्वातः प्राणो व्यात्तमग्निर्वैश्वानरः संवत्सर आत्माश्वस्य मेध्यस्य ।द्यौः पृष्ठमन्तरिक्षमुदरं पृथिवी पाजस्यं दिशः पार्श्वे अवान्तरदिशः पर्शव ऋतवोऽङ्गानि मासाश्चार्धमासाश्च पर्वाण्यहोरात्राणि प्रतिष्ठा नक्षत्राण्यस्थीनि नभो मांसानि ।ऊवध्यं सिकताः सिन्धवो गुदा यकृच्च क्लोमानश्च पर्वता ओषधयश्च वनस्पतयश्च लोमानि ।उद्यन् पूर्वार्धो निम्लोचञ्जघनार्धः ।यद्विजृम्भते तद्विद्योतते ।यद्विधूनुते तत्स्तनयति ।यन्मेहति तद्वर्षति ।वागेवास्य वाक्
1.1.2 अहर्वा अश्वं पुरस्तान्महिमान्वजायत ।तस्य पूर्वे समुद्रे योनिः ।रात्रिरेनं पश्चान्महिमान्वजायत ।तस्यापरे समुद्रे योनिर् ।एतौ वा अश्वं महिमानावभितः सम्बभूवतुः ।हयो भूत्वा देवानवहद्वाजी गन्धर्वानर्वासुरानश्वो मनुष्यान् ।समुद्र एवास्य बन्धुः समुद्रो योनिः
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
Om. Peace, peace, peace.
1.1.1 Dawn is the head of the sacrificial horse; the sun is its eye, the wind its breath, and its open mouth the fire common to all. The year is the body of the sacrificial horse. Heaven is its back, the midspace its belly, the earth its hoof; the directions are its flanks, the intermediate directions its ribs, the seasons its limbs, the months and half-months its joints, days and nights its feet, the stars its bones, the clouds its flesh. Sand is the food in its stomach; rivers are its bowels; mountains its liver and lungs; plants and trees its hair. The rising sun is its forequarters, the setting sun its hindquarters. When it yawns, lightning flashes; when it shakes itself, thunder rolls; when it urinates, rain falls. Its voice is speech itself.
1.1.2 Day arose in front of the horse as the Mahiman vessel; its birthplace is in the eastern sea. Night arose behind it as the Mahiman vessel; its birthplace is in the western sea. These two Mahiman vessels came into being on either side of the horse. As Haya it carried the gods, as Vajin the Gandharvas, as Arvan the Asuras, as Ashva human beings. The sea is its kin; the sea its birthplace.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, translated independently from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
Om. Peace, peace, peace.
1.1.1 Dawn is the head of the horse fit for sacrifice.The sun is its eye, the wind its breath, and the fire shared by all people its open mouth. The year is the body of the sacrificial horse.Heaven is its back, the space between heaven and earth its belly, and earth its footing. The directions are its sides, the directions between them its ribs, the seasons its limbs, the months and half-months its joints, days and nights its feet, the stars its bones, and clouds its flesh.Sand is the food in its stomach, rivers its intestines, mountains its liver and lungs, and plants and trees its hair.The rising sun is its front half, and the setting sun its rear half.When it yawns, lightning flashes.When it shakes itself, thunder sounds.When it urinates, rain falls.Its voice is speech itself.
1.1.2 Day arose in front of the horse as its greatness.Its birthplace is the eastern sea.Night arose behind it as its greatness.Its birthplace is the western sea.These two greatnesses came into being on either side of the horse.As a steed it carried the gods; as a racer, the Gandharvas; as a runner, the Asuras; and as a horse, human beings.The sea is its relative. The sea is its birthplace.
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