स्कम्भे लोकाः स्कम्भे तपः स्कम्भेऽध्यृतमाहितम् । स्कम्भ त्वा वेद प्रत्यक्षमिन्द्रे सर्वं समाहितम्
In Skambha are the worlds, in Skambha is austerity, in Skambha is the established order; Skambha, I know you directly—within you, Indra, all is established.
इन्द्रे लोका इन्द्रे तप इन्द्रेऽध्यृतमाहितम् । इन्द्रं त्वा वेद प्रत्यक्षं स्कम्भे सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्
In Indra are the worlds, in Indra is austerity, in Indra is the established order; Indra, I know you directly—in Skambha all is set firm.
{२४} नाम नाम्ना जोहवीति पुरा सूर्यात्पुरोषसः । यदजः प्रथमं संबभूव स ह तत्स्वराज्यमियाय यस्मान् नान्यत्परमस्ति भूतम्
He called out the name by its name before, from the sun, from the dawn; when the Unborn first came into being, he attained that sovereignty of sound, beyond which there is nothing higher, nothing that has been.
यस्य भूमिः प्रमान्तरिक्षमुतोदरम् । दिवं यश्चक्रे मूर्धानं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः
To whom the earth, the broad midspace, and the womb belong, who made the sky his head—to that eldest Brahman I offer homage.
यस्य सूर्यश्चक्षुश्चन्द्रमाश्च पुनर्णवः । अग्निं यश्चक्र आस्यं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः
He whose eye is the sun and whose moon is ever renewed, who made fire his mouth—to that eldest Brahman, homage.
यस्य वातः प्राणापानौ चक्षुरङ्गिरसोऽभवन् । दिशो यश्चक्रे प्रज्ञानीस्तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः
He whose breath is the wind, whose inhalation and exhalation are Angiras, who made the directions his wisdom—to that eldest Brahman, homage.
स्कम्भो दाधार द्यावापृथिवी उभे इमे स्कम्भो दाधारोर्वन्तरिक्षम् । स्कम्भो दाधार प्रदिशः षडुर्वीः स्कम्भ इदं विश्वं भुवनमा विवेश
Skambha upheld both heaven and earth; Skambha upheld the wide atmosphere; Skambha upheld the six broad regions; Skambha entered this entire world of beings.
यः श्रमात्तपसो जातो लोकान्त्सर्वान्त्समानशे । सोमं यश्चक्रे केवलं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः
He who was born from toil and heat, who is equal throughout all worlds, who made Soma alone—to that eldest Brahman, homage.
कथं वातो नेलयति कथं न रमते मनः । किमापः सत्यं प्रेप्सन्तीर्नेलयन्ति कदा चन
How does the wind not settle? How does the mind not delight? Why do the waters, seeking truth, never settle at any time?
महद्यक्षं भुवनस्य मध्ये तपसि क्रान्तं सलिलस्य पृष्ठे । तस्मिन् छ्रयन्ते य उ के च देवा वृक्षस्य स्कन्धः परित इव शाखाः
The great lord in the midst of the world, established in austerity, on the surface of the waters—upon him rest all the gods, like branches around the trunk of a tree.
यस्मै हस्ताभ्यां पादाभ्यां वाचा श्रोत्रेण चक्षुषा । यस्मै देवाः सदा बलिं प्रयच्छन्ति विमितेऽमितं स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विदेव सः
To whom, with hands, feet, speech, ears, and eyes, the gods always offer tribute—declare that measured, immeasurable Skambha, which god is he?
अप तस्य हतं तमो व्यावृत्तः स पाप्मना । सर्वाणि तस्मिन् ज्योतींषि यानि त्रीणि प्रजापतौ
From him, darkness is driven away, destroyed by evil; in him are all the lights, the three, in the Lord of creatures.
यो वेतसं हिरण्ययं तिष्ठन्तं सलिले वेद । स वै गुह्यः प्रजापतिः
He who knows the golden reed standing in the waters, he indeed is the secret Lord of creatures.
तन्त्रमेके युवती विरूपे अभ्याक्रामं वयतः षण्मयूखम् । प्रान्या तन्तूंस्तिरते धत्ते अन्या नाप वृञ्जाते न गमातो अन्तम्
Some weave the loom, two youthful ones, approaching, spinning six rays; one stretches the threads forward, sets them, another does not remove them, nor reaches their end.
तयोरहं परिनृत्यन्त्योरिव न वि जानामि यतरा परस्तात्। पुमान् एनद्वयत्युद्गृणन्ति पुमान् एनद्वि जभाराधि नाके
Of those two dancing around, I do not know which is beyond; the man praises this, the man indeed bears it above in heaven.
इमे मयूखा उप तस्तभुर्दिवं सामानि चक्रुस्तसराणि वातवे
These rays have supported the sky, they made the melodies, all for the wind.
10.8 यो भूतं च भव्यं च सर्वं यश्चाधितिष्ठति । स्वर्यस्य च केवलं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः
He who sustains all that was and will be, and who alone is lord of heaven—to that eldest Brahman, homage.
स्कम्भेनेमे विष्टभिते द्यौश्च भूमिश्च तिष्ठतः । स्कम्भ इदं सर्वमात्मन्वद्यत्प्राणन् निमिषच्च यत्
By Skambha are these supported: heaven and earth stand firm; Skambha is all this, whatever breathes, blinks, and moves.
तिस्रो ह प्रजा अत्यायमायन् न्यन्या अर्कमभितोऽविशन्त । बृहन् ह तस्थौ रजसो विमानो हरितो हरिणीरा विवेश
Three offspring moved forth, others entered the sun from all sides; the vast one stood, the measure of the realm, he entered the golden mares.
द्वादश प्रधयश्चक्रमेकं त्रीणि नभ्यानि क उ तच्चिकेत । तत्राहतास्त्रीणि शतानि शङ्कवः षष्टिश्च खीला अविचाचला ये
Twelve spokes, one wheel, three hubs—who can understand this? There, three hundred and sixty pegs are struck, sixty are fixed and unmoving.
इदं सवितर्वि जानीहि षड्यमा एक एकजः । तस्मिन् हापित्वमिच्छन्ते य एषामेक एकजः
Know this, O Savitar: six are born together, one is single-born; in him they wish to rest, who is their single-born.
आविः सन् निहितं गुहा जरन् नाम महत्पदम् । तत्रेदं सर्वमार्पितमेजत्प्राणत्प्रतिष्ठितम्
Manifest, yet hidden in the secret, the ancient, the great place; there all this is established, moves, breathes, and is sustained.
एकचक्रं वर्तत एकनेमि सहस्राक्षरं प्र पुरो नि पश्चा । अर्धेन विश्वं भुवनं जजान यदस्यार्धं क्व तद्बभूव
A single wheel revolves with a single rim, a thousand spokes, moving forward and backward; with half of it, it generated the whole world of beings—where did its other half go?
पञ्चवाही वहत्यग्रमेषां प्रष्टयो युक्ता अनुसंवहन्ति । अयातमस्य ददृशे न यातं परं नेदीयोऽवरं दवीयः
Drawn by five, the foremost of these is carried; the yokes are fastened, following in succession; its course is unseen, not having gone, nor is its going seen—one is not nearer, the other not farther.
तिर्यग्बिलश्चमस ऊर्ध्वबुध्नस्तस्मिन् यशो निहितं विश्वरूपम् । तदासत ऋषयः सप्त साकं ये अस्य गोपा महतो बभूवुः
The ladle is crosswise, with its base above; in it is placed the glory, of manifold forms; there sat together the seven sages, who became the guardians of its greatness.
या पुरस्ताद्युज्यते या च पश्चाद्या विश्वतो युज्यते या च सर्वतः । यया यज्ञः प्राङ्तायते तां त्वा पृच्छामि कतमा सर्चाम्
That which is yoked in front, that which is yoked behind, that which is yoked on all sides, and that which is yoked everywhere—by which the sacrifice is extended forward—of these, which one, I ask you, is the sacred verse?
{२६} यदेजति पतति यच्च तिष्ठति प्राणदप्राणन् निमिषच्च यद्भुवत्। तद्दाधार पृथिवीं विश्वरूपं तत्संभूय भवत्येकमेव
Whatever moves, flies, or stands still, whatever breathes or does not breathe, whatever blinks or becomes—this, the earth, of manifold forms, he upholds; by coming together, it becomes one alone.
अनन्तं विततं पुरुत्रानन्तमन्तवच्चा समन्ते । ते नाकपालश्चरति विचिन्वन् विद्वान् भूतमुत भव्यमस्य
Endless, stretched out in many places, infinite, yet bounded on all sides—he, the guardian of heaven, moves about, searching, the wise one, both what has been and what will be of this.
प्रजापतिश्चरति गर्भे अन्तरदृश्यमानो बहुधा वि जायते । अर्धेन विश्वं भुवनं जजान यदस्यार्धं कतमः स केतुः
The Lord of creatures moves within the womb, unseen, yet is born in many forms; with half of him, he generated the whole world of beings—of his other half, which sign is that?
ऊर्ध्वं भरन्तमुदकं कुम्भेनेवोदहार्यम् । पश्यन्ति सर्वे चक्षुषा न सर्वे मनसा विदुः
He bears the water upward, as if with a vessel to be drawn; all see him with their eyes, but not all know him with their mind.