Mantra 23

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्बुदिश्च त्रिषंधिश्चामित्रान् नो वि विध्यताम्। यथैषामिन्द्र वृत्रहन् हनाम शचीपतेऽमित्राणां सहस्रशः

IAST Transliteration

arbúdiś ca trí-ṣandhiś cā́mítrān no ví vidhyatām | yáthaiṣām indra vṛtra-han hánāma śacī́-pate ’mítrāṇāṃ sahasrá-śaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Arbudi and Triṣandhi pierce our foes asunder for us; that, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, Lord of Śacī, we may slay of these enemies by thousands.

Translation

अर्बुदि और त्रिषंधि हमारे शत्रुओं को हमारे लिए छिन्न-भिन्न करके बेध दें; ताकि, हे इन्द्र—वृत्रहन्, शचीपति—हम उन अमित्रों को हजारों की संख्या में संहार सकें।

Word by Word

अर्बुदिःArbudi (a named being/demon)

चand

त्रिषंधिःTriṣandhi (a named being/demon)

चand

अमित्रान्enemies

नःof us / our

विasunder, apart (intensifier with verb)

विutterly, completely

विध्यताम्let the two pierce/strike

यथाso that / as

एषाम्of these (of them)

इन्द्रO Indra

वृत्रहन्O Vṛtra-slayer

हनामmay we slay

शचीपतेO lord of Śacī

अमित्राणाम्of (the) enemies

सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per Anukramaṇī; edition-dependent)

Devata: Arbudi, Triṣandhi; Indra (Vṛtrahan, Śacīpati)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (to be confirmed)

Mantra Rasa

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