Mantra 6

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शितिपदी सं द्यतु शरव्ये३यं चतुष्पदी । कृत्येऽमित्रेभ्यो भव त्रिषंधेः सह सेनया

IAST Transliteration

śitipádī sáṃ dyatu śaravyè́ iyáṃ cátuṣpadī | kṛ́tye ’mítrebhyo bhava triṣaṃ́dheḥ sahá sénayā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the bright-footed, the four-footed, smite full—O Śaravya. O Kṛtyā, become (directed) against the foes, together with the host of Triṣaṃdhi.

Translation

হে শরব্য, শিতিপদী—উজ্জ্বল-পদযুক্তা—এবং এই চতুষ্পদী সম্পূর্ণভাবে আঘাত করুক। হে কৃত্যা, ত্রিষন্ধির সেনার সঙ্গে শত্রুদের বিরুদ্ধে নিবদ্ধ হও।

Word by Word

शितिपदीthe speckle-footed (female; epithet)

सम्together; completely (prefix to the verb)

द्यतुlet (her/it) cut down; let (her/it) strike

शरव्येthe arrow/shaft (missile)

इयम्this (one), she

चतुष्पदीfour-footed

कृत्येO witchcraft; O harmful spell

अमित्रेभ्यःfrom the enemies

भवbe; become

त्रिसंधेःof the three-jointed/three-knotted (one)

सहtogether with

सेनयाwith an army; with a host

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Śaravya; Kṛtyā; Triṣaṃdhi-senā

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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