Mantra 7

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रति स्मरेथां तुजयद्भिरेवैर्हतं द्रुहो रक्षसो भङ्गुरावतः । इन्द्रासोमा दुष्कृते मा सुगं भूद् यो मा कदा चिदभिदासति द्रुहुः

IAST Transliteration

práti smarethāṃ tujā́yadbhiḥ eváiḥ hatáṃ druhó rákṣaso bhaṅgurā́vataḥ | índrā́sómā duṣkṛté mā́ sugáṃ bhū́d yó mā́ kadā́ cíd abhídāsati druhúḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In requital, remember ye with these impelling smiters: smite down the treacherous one, the Rākṣasas, the shatterers. O Indra-Soma, for the evil-doer let there be no easy course—whoever at any time assaileth me, the false betrayer.

Word by Word

प्रतिtowards, in return

स्मरेथाम्you two should remember/think of

तुbut, indeed

जयद्भिःwith conquering (forces/ones)

एवाःjust so; indeed (emphatic)

हतम्slain, struck down

द्रुहःof the treacherous one / of the injurer

रक्षसःof the demon (rakṣas)

भङ्गुरावतःof the breakable/fragile one (epithet)

इन्द्रासोमाO Indra and Soma

दुष्कृतेfor the evil-doing / to the wrong

माdo not

सुगम्easy passage, good course

भूत्may it be / let it become

यःwho

माme

कदाever, at any time

चित्even, at all

अभिदासतिassails, attacks

द्रुहुःthe treacherous one, the injurer

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn to Indra-Soma; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra and Soma (dual)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; metrical exactness depends on pada resolution)

Mantra Rasa

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