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सायण-भाष्यम्

गर्भे न्विति पंचर्चं षष्ठं सूक्तं वामदेवस्यार्षं त्रैष्टुभं । अंत्या शक्करी षट्पंचाशदक्षरा। श्येनो देवता । पूर्वसूक्तेऽष्टौ वेत्युक्तत्वादंत्याया इंद्रो वा देवता। तथा चानुक्रांतं । गर्भे नु पंचांत्या शक्करीति ॥ श्येने निष्केवल्यशस्त्र इदं सूक्तं । सूत्रं तु पूर्वमुदाहृतं ॥

Jamison Brereton

27 (323)
Falcon (1–4), Falcon or Indra (5) [Soma-Theft]
Vāmadeva Gautama
5 verses: triṣṭubh, except śakvarī 5
The second of the pair of hymns devoted to the soma-theft, this one is told from Soma’s point of view, with Soma speaking the first two verses (again, in our opin ion), in which Soma engages in some ātmastuti of his own. He boasts of his own knowledge (vs. 1ab) and power (vs. 2ab), but also in almost breathlessly abrupt fashion relates the sudden appearance of the falcon, his rescuer (vs. 1d) from con finement (vs. 1b). Asserting that he was complicit in his escape (vs. 2ab), he then describes their departure, including that of Plenitude (see the introduction to the last hymn).
The next two verses (3–4) freeze the dramatic moment when the archer Kr̥śānu, guardian of Soma, shoots at the fleeing falcon with his precious cargo, and man ages only to shoot off one feather. The final verse (5) depicts Indra about to drink the soma, now ritually prepared and offered by the priests. In keeping with the archery theme, the verb used of Indra’s approach to the soma is an idiom (práti √dhā) ordinarily used of fixing an arrow to a bowstring and aiming it at the target.

Jamison Brereton Notes

(323) Falcon (1-4), Falcon or Indra (5) [=Soma theft] Note the periodic punctuation by ádha (1d, 3a, 4d, 5a) – and some play with that word: ádhi 4b, adhva… 5c, ándhah 5b, maybe adīyam 1d; also the preponderance of a-init. preverbs, ánu 1a, ápa 2a, abhí 2b, áva 3a, 3c.

The perfect jabhāra is found in vss. 2 and 4 (cf. the pres. stem forms to √bhṛ in the preceding hymn, vss. 4-7). It thus frames the central vs. 3, which could then be an omphalos. That vs. is certainly confused enough to qualify and captures the crucial moment of the grabbing of soma. But since vs. 3 consists of a series of subordinate clauses whose main clause is found in vs. 4, it cannot be syntactically isolated into a free-standing omphalos.

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Jamison Brereton Notes

These are the famous hymns devoted to the stealing of soma from heaven.

Unfortunately they are very obscure in many details, esp. IV.27. The myth and these hymns are treated in detail by U. Schneider, Der Somaraub des Manu (1971).

Geldner

Der Adler:

01 गर्भे नु - त्रिष्टुप्

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गर्भे॒ नु सन्नन्वे॑षामवेदम॒हं दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मानि॒ विश्वा॑ ।
श॒तं मा॒ पुर॒ आय॑सीररक्ष॒न्नध॑ श्ये॒नो ज॒वसा॒ निर॑दीयम् ॥

02 न घा - त्रिष्टुप्

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न घा॒ स मामप॒ जोषं॑ जभारा॒भीमा॑स॒ त्वक्ष॑सा वी॒र्ये॑ण ।
ई॒र्मा पुरं॑धिरजहा॒दरा॑तीरु॒त वाताँ॑ अतर॒च्छूशु॑वानः ॥

03 अव यच्छ्येनो - त्रिष्टुप्

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अव॒ यच्छ्ये॒नो अस्व॑नी॒दध॒ द्योर्वि यद्यदि॒ वात॑ ऊ॒हुः पुरं॑धिम् ।
सृ॒जद्यद॑स्मा॒ अव॑ ह क्षि॒पज्ज्यां कृ॒शानु॒रस्ता॒ मन॑सा भुर॒ण्यन् ॥

04 ऋजिप्य ईमिन्द्रावतो - त्रिष्टुप्

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ऋ॒जि॒प्य ई॒मिन्द्रा॑वतो॒ न भु॒ज्युं श्ये॒नो ज॑भार बृह॒तो अधि॒ ष्णोः ।
अ॒न्तः प॑तत्पत॒त्र्य॑स्य प॒र्णमध॒ याम॑नि॒ प्रसि॑तस्य॒ तद्वेः ॥

05 अध श्वेतम् - शक्वरी

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अध॑ श्वे॒तं क॒लशं॒ गोभि॑र॒क्तमा॑पिप्या॒नं म॒घवा॑ शु॒क्रमन्धः॑ ।
अ॒ध्व॒र्युभिः॒ प्रय॑तं॒ मध्वो॒ अग्र॒मिन्द्रो॒ मदा॑य॒ प्रति॑ ध॒त्पिब॑ध्यै॒ शूरो॒ मदा॑य॒ प्रति॑ ध॒त्पिब॑ध्यै ॥