VERSE: 10.19 प्र पर्वतस्य वृषभस्य पृष्ठान् नावश् चरन्ति स्वसिच ऽइयानाः । ता ऽ आववृत्रन्न् अधराग् उदक्ता ऽ अहिं बुध्न्यम् अनु रीयमाणाः । विष्णोर् विकर्मणम् असि । विष्णोर् विक्रान्तम् असि । विष्णोः क्रान्तम् असि ॥
Science of Voyage
“O Royal skilled engineer, construct sea-boats, propelled on water by our experts, and airplanes, moving and flying upward, after the clouds that reside in the mid-region, that fly as the boats move on the sea, that fly high over and below the watery clouds. Be thou, thereby, prosperous in this world created by the omnipresent GOD, and flier in both air and lightning.” (Yajurveda 10.19).
Gist of the mantra
From the top of the cloud, over the top of clouds, flying boats, fuelled and driven, roam around in the sky like boats on the sea. Piloted from down below on earth, soaring up like clouds into the sky, they pursue the clouds as Indra pursued Vritra. Master-maker of the nation, in the wide spaces of Lord Vishnu, you are capable of creating various kinds of motion. You are capable of creating special and definite steers of motion as the wind’s. You are the cause and source of motion and speed by the power of energy.