Mantra 1

Sukta 134

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शत्रुनाशनम्। अयं वज्रस्तर्पयतामृतस्यावास्य राष्ट्रमप हन्तु जीवितम्। शृणातु ग्रीवाः प्र शृणातूष्णिहा वृत्रस्येव शचीपतिः

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ vájras tarpayatām amṛ́tasya avā́sya rāṣṭrám ápa hantu jīvitám | śṛṇā́tu grīvā́ḥ prá śṛṇātu uṣṇíhā vṛtrásyeva śacī́patiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This thunderbolt—let it be sated with the Immortal’s might—let it smite away the life of him who threatens this realm. Let it shatter necks, yea, shatter them forth, with the Uṣṇih, as Śacī’s Lord did Vṛtra.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रः: thunderbolt, weapon
• वज्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तर्पयताम्: let (it/they) satisfy, gladden
• तर्पयताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) → तर्पयति (णिच्)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality / of ambrosia
• अमृतस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down, away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom, realm
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हन्तु: let (him/it) strike, slay
• हन्तु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• जीवितम्: life, living
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)

• शृणातु: let (it) cut/break
• शृणातु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शृ (धातु; वैदिक प्रयोगः ‘शृणाति’ = छिनत्ति/भिनत्ति)

• ग्रीवाः: necks
• ग्रीवाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward, completely
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शृणातु: let (it) cut/break
• शृणातु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शृ (धातु; वैदिक)

• उष्णिहा: the slayer of Uṣṇih (a demon/foe-name)
• उष्णिहा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णिहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रस्य: of Vṛtra
• वृत्रस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• शचीपतिः: Śacī’s lord (Indra)
• शचीपतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शचीपति (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indra (Śacīpati) / Vajra as personified force

Chandas: Uṣṇih (explicitly referenced as operative meter)

Mantra Rasa

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