Mantra 1

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शत्रुनाशनम्। इन्द्रेण मन्युना वयमभि ष्याम पृतन्यतः । घ्नन्तो वृत्राण्यप्रति

IAST Transliteration

śatrunā́śanam | índreṇa manyúnā vayám abhí syāma pṛtanyatáḥ | ghnántaḥ vṛtrā́ṇy apratí

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For the destruction of the foe: With Indra, with battle-wrath, may we press upon the battling enemy, smiting the Vr̥tra-like obstacles, irresistible.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रेण: by/with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्युना: by/with wrath, battle-fury
• मन्युना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: (क्रियाविशेषण/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ष्याम: may we be / may we become
• ष्याम: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) — optative (विधिलिङ्)

• पृतन्यतः: of the one(s) fighting; of the combatant enemy
• पृतन्यतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: पृतन्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पृतन्/पृतन्य ‘to fight, contend’)

• घ्नन्तः: slaying, striking down
• घ्नन्तः: कर्तृ (वयम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: घ्नन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त; √हन् ‘to slay’)

• वृत्राणि: obstacles/enemies (Vr̥tras)
• वृत्राणि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्रति: irresistibly; without opposition
• अप्रति: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप्रति (अव्यय/निपात; a- + प्रति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (requires anukramaṇī for exact seer)

Devata: Indra (with Manyu as empowered force)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (short martial verse; not strictly regular)

Mantra Rasa

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