Mantra 2

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वर्च आ धेहि मे तन्वां३ सह ओजो वयो बलम्। इन्द्रियाय त्वा कर्मणे वीर्याय प्रति गृह्णामि शतशारदाय

IAST Transliteration

várco ā́ dhehi me tanvā́ṃ sáha ójo váyo bálam | indriyā́ya tvā kármaṇe vīryā́ya práti gṛhṇāmi śatáśāradāya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Set thou splendour in my body—might, vital force, life-vigour, strength. Thee for lordly power, for work, for heroic efficacy I take unto myself, for a hundred autumns.

Word by Word

वर्चःsplendour, radiance

आtowards, into (prefix: ‘unto’)

धेहिplace, put, bestow

मेof me / to me

तन्वाम्body, person

सहtogether with

ओजःvigor, strength

वयःvitality, life-force

बलम्strength

इन्द्रियायfor power/virility; for sense-power

त्वाyou (as object)

कर्मणेfor action, for rite/work

वीर्यायfor heroism/energy, potency

प्रतिtowards, in return; (prefix: ‘back/against’)

गृह्णामिI take, I accept

शतशारदायfor a hundred autumns (i.e., for a hundred years)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Varcas/Indriya (empowering potency), with implicit Agni-mediated bestowal from the preceding verse

Chandas: Mixed/expanded (non-Anuṣṭubh; close to Triṣṭubh cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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