Adhyaya 17 Mantra 43 - Shukla Yajurveda | Hindi | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 43

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Yājñavalkya transmission (Śukla-Yajurvedic school attribution); specific ṛṣi ascription for this unit is not uniformly fixed in later lists.

Devata: Indra (with a concluding appeal to the Gods collectively).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in Saṃhitā battle-formulas).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अ॒स्माक॒मिन्द्र॒: समृ॑तेषु ध्व॒जेष्व॒स्माकं॒ या इष॑व॒स्ता ज॑यन्तु । अ॒स्माकं॑ वी॒रा उत्त॑रे भवन्त्व॒स्माँ२ उ॑ देवा अवता॒ हवे॑षु

Transliteration

asmā́kam índraḥ samṛ́teṣu dhvajéṣv asmā́kaṃ yā́ íṣavas tā́ jáyantu | asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ úttare bhavantu asmā́n u devā avata hā́veṣu

Translation

सन्निकट संग्रामों में, ध्वजों के पास, इन्द्र हमारा हो; हमारे ही बाण-शस्त्र जय पावें। हमारे वीर श्रेष्ठ ठहरें; और हे देवो! पुकारों में हमारी रक्षा करो।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

अ॒स्माक॑म् । इन्द्रः । समृ॑तेषु । ध्व॒जेषु । अ॒स्माक॑म् । याः । इष॑वः । ताः । जयन्तु । अ॒स्माक॑म् । वी॒राः । उत्त॑रे । भवन्तु । अ॒स्मान् । उ॒ । दे॒वाः । अ॒व॒त॒ । हवे॑षु

Word by Word

अस्माकम्of us / our

इन्द्रःIndra

समृतेषुin the encounters/battles (in the conflicts)

ध्वजेषुamong the banners/standards

अस्माकम्of us / our

याःwhich (those)

इषवःarrows

ताःthose

जयन्तुmay (they) win / be victorious

अस्माकम्of us / our

वीराःheroes / warriors

उत्तरेsuperior / victorious

भवन्तुmay (they) be

अस्मान्us

उindeed / and

देवाःthe gods

अवतmay (they) protect

हवेषुin the invocations/calls (in our calls for aid)

Entities Mentioned

Indra

Viśve Devāḥ (the Gods collectively)

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