Mantra 13

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रस्य वर्मासि ।तं त्वा प्र पद्ये तं त्वा प्रविशामि सर्वगुः सर्वपूरुषः सर्वात्मा सर्वतनूः सह यन्मेऽस्ति तेन

IAST Transliteration

índrasya vármā́si | táṃ tvā́ prá padyé táṃ tvā́ práviśāmi sárvaguḥ sárvapū́ruṣaḥ sárvā́tmā sárvatanū́ḥ sáha yán me ’sti téna

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art Indra’s armour. To thee I betake me; into thee I enter—complete in cattle, complete in men, complete in vital self, complete in body—together with whatsoever is mine, with that (all) I enter.

Word by Word

इन्द्रस्यof Indra

वर्मarmor, protective covering

असिyou are

तम्that (him/it)

त्वाyou

प्रforth, forward

पद्येI resort to / I take refuge in

तम्that (him/it)

त्वाyou

प्रforth, forward

विशामिI enter

सर्वगुःall-going, all-pervading

सर्वपूरुषःall-personed; consisting of all persons

सर्वात्माhaving all as self; universal-souled

सर्वतनूःhaving all bodies/forms

सहtogether with

यत्whatever (that which)

मेof me, my

अस्तिis, exists

तेनwith that, by that

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (protective formula; specific ṛṣi not supplied in the input excerpt)

Devata: Indra (as protective power embodied in ‘armor’)

Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (kavaca-style formula; exact metrical assignment depends on pada division in the edition)

Mantra Rasa

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