Mantra 3

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सहस्राक्षेण शतवीर्येण शतायुषा हविषाहार्षमेनम्। इन्द्रो यथैनं शरदो नयात्यति विश्वस्य दुरितस्य पारम्

IAST Transliteration

sahasrākṣéṇa śatá-vīryeṇa śatā́yuṣā havíṣā́ hárṣam enam | índro yáthainaṃ śarádo nayā́ty áti víśvasya duritásya pā́ram ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With thousand-eyed power, with hundredfold might, with hundredfold life—by oblation I cheer him. So may Indra lead him through the autumns, across unto the farther shore of every ill.

Word by Word

• सहस्राक्षेण: with the thousand-eyed (one)
• सहस्राक्षेण: करण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सहस्राक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र + अक्षि) अथवा सहस्र-अक्ष

• शतवीर्येण: with hundredfold strength
• शतवीर्येण: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; शत + वीर्य)

• शतायुषा: with a hundred-year lifespan
• शतायुषा: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतायुस् (प्रातिपदिक; शत + आयुस्)

• हविषा: with oblation
• हविषा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहर्षम्: I have gladdened / I have exhilarated
• आहर्षम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग); caus./perf. stem āharṣ-

• एनम्: him / this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रुति)

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

• यथा: so that / as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रुति)

• शरदः: autumns / years
• शरदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नयाति: leads
• नयाति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + नय (वर्तमान-प्रत्यय-आधार)

• अति: beyond / across
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• विश्वस्य: of all
• विश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (genitive used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुरितस्य: of misfortune / sin
• दुरितस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• पारम्: the far shore / the end
• पारम्: Karma (goal reached) / अधिकरण (as ‘to the far shore’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition

Devata: Indra (as guide and protector)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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