ऋ॒तं च॑ स॒त्यं चा॒भी॑द्धा॒त्तप॒सोऽध्य॑जायत ।
ततो॒ रात्र्य॑जायत॒ तत॑ः समु॒द्रो अ॑र्ण॒वः
ṛtaṃ ca satyaṃ cābhīddhāttapaso'dhyajāyata |
tato rātryajāyata tataḥ samudro arṇavaḥ
Mandala 10
Sukta 190: Aghamarshana: rta and satya born of tapas
Rishi: माधुच्छन्दसोऽघमर्षणः · Devata: भाववृत्तम् · Metre: अनुष्टुप्
3 verses · 190 of 191
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Aghamarshana: rta and satya born of tapas
Aghamarshana Madhuchchhandasa speaks on the course of creation in anushtubh; his name means the one who wipes out sin. Rta, the cosmic order, and satya, truth, were born from tapas kindled to its height. From that was born the night, and from that the surging ocean. From the ocean the year was born, ordaining days and nights, master of all that blinks. Dhatar shaped the sun and moon as before, and heaven and earth, the mid-air and the light beyond. Three verses, recited daily in sandhya as the Aghamarshana mantra while bathing, to wash away sin, for they hold all of creation in a single breath.
स॒मु॒द्राद॑र्ण॒वादधि॑ संवत्स॒रो अ॑जायत ।
अ॒हो॒रा॒त्राणि॑ वि॒दध॒द्विश्व॑स्य मिष॒तो व॒शी
samudrādarṇavādadhi saṃvatsaro ajāyata |
ahorātrāṇi vidadhadviśvasya miṣato vaśī
सू॒र्या॒च॒न्द्र॒मसौ॑ धा॒ता य॑थापू॒र्वम॑कल्पयत् ।
दिवं॑ च पृथि॒वीं चा॒न्तरि॑क्ष॒मथो॒ स्व॑ः
sūryācandramasau dhātā yathāpūrvamakalpayat |
divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣamatho svaḥ
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