YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

Yajurveda Adhyay 31 / Mantra 13

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Devata- पुरुषो देवता Rishi- नारायण ऋषिः Chhand- अनुष्टुप् Swara- गान्धारः
Mantra with Swara
नाभ्या॑ऽआसीद॒न्तरि॑क्षꣳ शी॒र्ष्णो द्यौः सम॑वर्त्तत।प॒द्भयां भूमि॒र्दिशः॒ श्रोत्रा॒त्तथा॑ लो॒काँ२॥ऽअ॑कल्पयन्॥१३॥

नाभ्याः॑। आ॒सी॒त्। अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम्। शी॒र्ष्णः। द्यौः। सम्। अ॒व॒र्त्त॒त॒ ॥ प॒द्भ्यामिति॑ प॒त्ऽभ्याम्। भूमिः॑। दिशः॑। श्रोत्रा॑त्। तथा॑। लो॒कान् ॥ अ॒क॒ल्प॒य॒न् ॥१३ ॥

Mantra without Swara
नाभ्याऽआसीदन्तरिक्षँ शीर्ष्णा द्यौः समवर्तत । पद्भ्याम्भूमिर्दिशः श्रोत्रात्तथा लोकाँऽअकल्पयन् ॥

नाभ्याः। आसीत्। अन्तरिक्षम्। शीर्ष्णः। द्यौः। सम्। अवर्त्तत॥ पद्भ्यामिति पत्ऽभ्याम्। भूमिः। दिशः। श्रोत्रात्। तथा। लोकान्॥ अकल्पयन्॥१३॥

YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

English
YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati) - English
Translation
The mid-space is created from His navel and the sky from His head; the earth from His feet; various quarters from His ear and in this way all these worlds are formed. (1)
Note
Compare the creation-myth of the world-giant Ymir in Old Northern poetry. "The hills are his bones, the sky his skull, the sea his blood, and the clouds his brains. ' See Corpus Poeticum Boreale, II. 468. (Quoted by Griffith).