Mantra 38

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इहैवैधि धनसनिरिहचित्त इहक्रतुः । इहैधि वीर्यऽवत्तरो वयोधा अपराहतः

IAST Transliteration

iháivédhi dhana-sánir ihá-cittá ihá-kratúḥ | iháidhi vīryà-vattaráḥ vayodhā́ áparāhataḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here verily thrive—winning wealth; here be thy thought, here thy resolve. Here thrive thou, more richly endowed with manly might, bestower of vitality, unconquered.

Translation

هنا حقًّا ازدهرْ—ظافرًا بالثروة؛ هنا فِكرك، وهنا عزمك. هنا ازدهرْ أنت، أوفرَ حظًّا بقوّة الرجولة؛ واهبَ الحيويّة، غيرَ مغلوب.

Word by Word

इहhere

एवindeed, just

एधिgrow, thrive (be prosperous)

धनसनिःwinner/gainer of wealth

इहhere

चित्तःmindful; having one’s mind (fixed)

इहhere

क्रतुःresolve, will, purposeful power

इहhere

एधिthrive

वीर्यवत्with vigor, powerfully

तरःmore, stronger (one)

वयोधाःage-sustainer; life-supporting (one)

अपराहतःunstruck, unharmed, undefeated

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 18 domestic-funerary corpus).

Devata: Implicitly the blessing-power of Brahman/mantra; addressed to the living beneficiary.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas with compact cadence; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh tendency).

Mantra Rasa

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