Mantra 10

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः शश्वतो मह्येनो दधानानमन्यमानांछर्वा जघान । यः शर्धते नानुददाति शृध्यां यो दस्योर्हन्ता स जनास इन्द्रः

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ śaśváto máhy éno dádhānān ámanyamānāñ chárvā jaghā́na | yáḥ śárdhate nā́nudádāti śṛdhyā́ṃ yó dásyor hantā́ sá janāsa índraḥ́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who smote down the ever-during bearer of mighty guilt, the self-deeming; he who yieldeth not to the hostile band, nor granteth to the assailant; he who is the Dasyu-slayer—he, O peoples, is Indra.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

शश्वतःalways, continually

महिgreatly, mightily

एनःsin, guilt, offense

दधानानम्bearing, carrying

अन्यमानाम्thinking otherwise, deeming (it) different

छर्वाŚarva (a name/epithet of Rudra)

जघानslew, struck down

यःwho

शर्धतेrages, assails

नnot

अनुafter, in return

ददातिgives

शृध्याम्help, obedience, compliance

यःwho

दस्योःof the Dasyu (hostile/raider)

हन्ताslayer

सःhe

जनासःO people

इन्द्रःIndra

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Indra-stuti material in AV 20 is largely Rigvedic in origin; r̥ṣi aligns with the RV source-hymn’s seer (to be specified by RV concordance).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence typical of RV Indra-stutis (exact meter to be confirmed by RV concordance).

Mantra Rasa

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