Mantra 7

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभि गोत्राणि सहसा गाहमानोऽदाय उग्रः शतमन्युरिन्द्रः । दुश्च्यवनः पृतनाषाडयोध्यो३ऽस्माकं सेना अवतु प्र युत्सु

IAST Transliteration

abhí gótrāṇi sáhasā gáhāmāno’dāyá ugráḥ śatá-manyúr índraḥ | duś-cyavanáḥ pṛtanā-ṣā́ḍ ayódhyo’smā́kaṃ sénā avatu prá yútsu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Indra, fierce, of a hundred battle-rages, unassailable, plunging with might against the clans; hard to dislodge, host-crushing, unconquerable—let him protect our armies, forward in the fights.

Word by Word

• अभि: towards, against, upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक

• गोत्राणि: cow-stalls; enclosures; clans
• गोत्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहसा: with force, by might
• सहसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गाहमानः: entering, plunging into
• गाहमानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गाह् (धातु) → गाहमान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय, आत्मनेपद)

• अदाय: having taken, seizing
• अदाय: Karaṇa
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आदाय (क्त्वा/ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त)

• उग्रः: fierce, formidable
• उग्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतमन्युः: of a hundred wrathful powers; very wrathful
• शतमन्युः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुश्च्यवनः: hard to dislodge; unshakable
• दुश्च्यवनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस्-च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि)

• पृतनाषाट्: conqueror of battles
• पृतनाषाट्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृतना-षाह् (धातु √षह् ‘to overcome’) → षाट् (क्विप्/क्विन्-प्रत्यय; ‘षाह्’ से)

• अयोध्यः: unassailable, not to be fought down
• अयोध्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-योध्य (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-तत्पुरुष)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सेनाः: armies, forces
• सेनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवतु: may (he) protect
• अवतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु) (पालने/रक्षणे)

• प्र: forth, forward; strongly
• प्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• युत्सु: in battles, in fights
• युत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (धातु) → युत् (प्रातिपदिक ‘युत्’ = युद्ध) / युत्सु (सप्तमी बहुवचन)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (late AV victory liturgy; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV martial style; mixed/irregular in Book 19)

Mantra Rasa

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