Mantra 59

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दण्डं हस्तादाददानो गतासोः सह श्रोत्रेण वर्चसा बलेन । अत्रैव त्वमिह वयं सुवीरा विश्वा मृधो अभिमातीर्जयेम

IAST Transliteration

daṇḍáṃ hastā́d ādádāno gatā́soḥ sahá śrótreṇa várcasā bálenā | atráivá tvám ihá vayáṃ suvī́rā víśvā mṛ́dho abhímātīr jayema

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Taking the staff from the hand of him whose breath is gone, with hearing, with splendour, with strength—here, even here, do thou remain; and here may we, rich in good heroes, conquer all assaults and all malignant plots.

Word by Word

दण्डम्staff, rod

हस्तात्from the hand

आददानःtaking, seizing

गतासोःof one whose life-breath has gone (of the dead)

सहtogether with

श्रोत्रेणwith the ear; by hearing

वर्चसाwith radiance, splendor

बलेनwith strength

अत्रhere

एवindeed, just

त्वम्you

इहhere (in this place)

वयम्we

सुवीराःhaving good heroes/sons; strong in heroes

विश्वाःall

मृधःhostilities, assaults

अभिमातीःoppressions, hostile attacks

जयेमmay we conquer

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Atharvanic funerary seers (Pitṛmedha corpus; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Protective power of the rite; implicitly the life-faculties reclaimed from Death (Mṛtyu/Yama context)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV funerary verses; metrical exactness may vary by pada division)

Mantra Rasa

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