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Mantra 1

Sukta 135

बलप्राप्तिः। यदश्नामि बलं कुर्व इत्थं वज्रमा ददे । स्कन्धानमुष्य शातयन् वृत्रस्येव शचीपतिः

yád aśnā́mi bálaṃ kurve ittháṃ vájram ā́ dade | skandhā́n amúṣya śātáyan vṛtrásyeva śacī́patiḥ ||

What I eat, thereby I make me strength: thus do I take unto me the thunderbolt; shattering the shoulders of that man, as Śacī’s Lord smote Vṛtra.

यत्that which / whatever
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशः; यत्-सम्बन्धेन वाक्यप्रवर्तनम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा यद्-शब्दः
अश्नामिI eat / consume
अश्नामि:
Kartā (अहं-कर्तृकः)
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (भक्षणे)
बलम्strength
बलम्:
Karma (भक्षणस्य कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
कुर्वेI make / I effect
कुर्वे:
Kartā (अहं-कर्तृकः)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करणे)
इत्थम्thus, in this manner
इत्थम्:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रकार/रीति-निर्देशः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्थम् (अव्यय)
वज्रम्the thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma (ददातेः कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
towards, forth (prefix)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ददेI have given / I bestow
ददे:
Kartā (अहं-कर्तृकः)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
स्कन्धानम्(as) a smiting/cleaving (blow)
स्कन्धानम्:
Karma (शातयन्-क्रियायाः कर्म/कर्मविशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्कन्धन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्कन्ध्/स्कन्द् ‘to leap/strike’ से ‘स्कन्धान’ ‘striking/cleaving’ अथवा ‘स्कन्ध’ ‘shoulder’ से व्युत्पत्तिः—अत्र क्रियाविशेषणवत्)
अमुष्यof that (one)
अमुष्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः—‘of that (one)’)
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शातयन्shattering, destroying
शातयन्:
Kartā (मुख्यकर्तुः—‘(he) shattering…’)
TypeVerb
Rootशातय् (कारण-धातु; √शद्/√शात् ‘to cut, destroy’ → causative ‘to cause to be cut, to shatter’)
वृत्रस्यof Vṛtra
वृत्रस्य:
Sambandha (उपमान-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
शचीपतिःŚacī’s lord (Indra)
शचीपतिः:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृः)
TypeNoun
Rootशचीपति (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य उपाधिः)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type for such sūktas)

Devata: Indra (Śacīpati) as paradigmatic power; bala as operative ‘deity’ of the act

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pādas with Indraic simile)

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