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सायण-भाष्यम्

‘प्र वः पान्तम्’ इति षडृचं षोडश सूक्तं दैर्घतमसं जागतम् । पूर्वत्र वैष्णवं हि’ इत्युक्तत्वात् वैष्णवम् । आद्यस्तृच इन्द्रदेवताकश्च । प्र वो जागतं त्वैन्द्रश्चाद्यस्तृचः’ इत्यनुक्रमणिका। आभिप्लविकेषूक्थ्येषु स्तोमातिशंसने उक्तो विनियोगः ॥

Jamison Brereton

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Viṣṇu and Indra (1–3), Viṣṇu (4–6)
Dīrghatamas Aucathya
6 verses: jagatī
This hymn starts by praising Indra and Viṣṇu jointly (vss. 1–2), but by verse 3 (pace the Anukramaṇī) it is entirely Viṣṇu’s. The beginning seems to offer alternative sce narios for the creation of the wide space that is ordinarily attributed to Viṣṇu’s three strides. In verse 1 the two gods standing on the back of the mountains seem to enlarge the space, and in verse 2 their clash (presumably with unnamed enemies) creates breathing room, while they also deflect the arrow of the archer Kr̥śānu, whose presence here is not explained. (Kr̥śānu is best known as the archer who
shoots at the falcon that steals the soma from heaven; cf. IV.27.3, IX.77.2.) The first half of verse 3 showcases two contrastive pairs: unspecified females (possibly hymns?) who strengthen his masculine nature, and (by implication) a son who induces his two mothers (Heaven and Earth?) to enjoy the semen. The para doxical quality of these actions is clear, but the exact contents are not. The second half of the verse introduces the “three” so characteristic of Viṣṇu, though used of names, not strides; nonetheless, the same expansion of space, into highest heaven, seems to be at issue. Verse 4 seems almost like a “repair” of verse 3: it is clear in 4a who is tending to “his great masculine nature” (unlike 3a), and in the second half we have the familiar three strides, not three names. Verse 5 continues the theme of the three strides, while a different numerological topic, the year, closes the hymn (vs. 6).
The paired verses 3 and 4, with their mysteries and paradoxes, appear to consti tute an omphalos.

Jamison Brereton Notes

Viṣṇu and Indra

01 प्र वः - जगती

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प्र वः॒ पान्त॒मन्ध॑सो धियाय॒ते म॒हे शूरा॑य॒ विष्ण॑वे चार्चत ।
या सानु॑नि॒ पर्व॑ताना॒मदा॑भ्या म॒हस्त॒स्थतु॒रर्व॑तेव सा॒धुना॑ ॥

02 त्वेषमित्था समरणम् - जगती

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त्वे॒षमि॒त्था स॒मर॑णं॒ शिमी॑वतो॒रिन्द्रा॑विष्णू सुत॒पा वा॑मुरुष्यति ।
या मर्त्या॑य प्रतिधी॒यमा॑न॒मित्कृ॒शानो॒रस्तु॑रस॒नामु॑रु॒ष्यथः॑ ॥

03 ता ईम् - जगती

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ता ईं॑ वर्धन्ति॒ मह्य॑स्य॒ पौंस्यं॒ नि मा॒तरा॑ नयति॒ रेत॑से भु॒जे ।
दधा॑ति पु॒त्रोऽव॑रं॒ परं॑ पि॒तुर्नाम॑ तृ॒तीय॒मधि॑ रोच॒ने दि॒वः ॥

04 तत्तदिदस्य पौंस्यम् - जगती

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तत्त॒दिद॑स्य॒ पौंस्यं॑ गृणीमसी॒नस्य॑ त्रा॒तुर॑वृ॒कस्य॑ मी॒ळ्हुषः॑ ।
यः पार्थि॑वानि त्रि॒भिरिद्विगा॑मभिरु॒रु क्रमि॑ष्टोरुगा॒याय॑ जी॒वसे॑ ॥

05 द्वे इदस्य - जगती

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द्वे इद॑स्य॒ क्रम॑णे स्व॒र्दृशो॑ऽभि॒ख्याय॒ मर्त्यो॑ भुरण्यति ।
तृ॒तीय॑मस्य॒ नकि॒रा द॑धर्षति॒ वय॑श्च॒न प॒तय॑न्तः पत॒त्रिणः॑ ॥

06 चतुर्भिः साकम् - जगती

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च॒तुर्भिः॑ सा॒कं न॑व॒तिं च॒ नाम॑भिश्च॒क्रं न वृ॒त्तं व्यतीँ॑रवीविपत् ।
बृ॒हच्छ॑रीरो वि॒मिमा॑न॒ ऋक्व॑भि॒र्युवाकु॑मारः॒ प्रत्ये॑त्याह॒वम् ॥