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Mantra 1

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वयमु त्वामपूर्व्य स्थूरं न कच्चिद् भरन्तोऽवस्यवः । वाजे चित्रं हवामहे

IAST Transliteration

vayám u tvā́m apū́rvya sthū́raṃ ná kaccíd bháranto 'vasyávaḥ | vā́je citráṃ havāmahe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We, bringing our offerings, craving succor, invoke thee—unrivalled, stout—whom none anywhere surpasseth; we call the wondrous one for the prize of strength.

Translation

نحنُ، حاملين قرابيننا وطالبي العون، ندعوكَ—لا نظيرَ لك، شديدَ البأس—الذي لا يَفوقُه أحدٌ في أيّ مكان؛ ونستدعي العجيبَ لنيلِ جائزةِ القوّة.

Word by Word

वयम्we

उindeed / also

त्वाम्you (as object)

अपूर्व्यunprecedented / unsurpassed

स्थूरम्strong / stout

नnot

कच्चित्surely? / perhaps? (interrogative particle)

भरन्तःbearing / bringing

अवस्यवःseeking help/favor; desirous of aid

वाजेin the contest / in the prize (of strength)

चित्रम्wondrous / brilliant

हवामहेwe invoke / we call upon

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived; traditionally Vasiṣṭha-associated in AV 20 context

Devata: Indra (contextual)

Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (RV-style; exact pada-count suggests a gāyatrī-type cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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