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Sukta 10.84
Manyu-cycle voice (traditional attribution uncertain)
Manyu with Marut/Agni associations
Triṣṭubh (probable)
Is mantra mein Manyu ko bulaya gaya hai - wo josh aur gussa jo ladai mein sahi kaam aata hai. Manyu aisa devta hai jo aapko himmat deta hai aur dushman ke saamne bana rehta hai. Marut jaisi shakti ko ek rath mein joda jaata hai aur aage badhaya jaata hai. Isse sab logon ko jeetne ka dum milta hai aur sab milkar ladte hain. Bolna bhi ek jaisa ho jaata hai - sab ek awaaz mein cheekhte hain. Achi tarakki aur suraksha maangi jaati hai. Dushman andar se darr ke maare bhag jaate hain.
Mantra 1
त्वया मन्यो सरथमारुजन्तो हर्षमाणासो धृषिता मरुत्वः । तिग्मेषव आयुधा संशिशाना अभि प्र यन्तु नरो अग्निरूपाः ॥
Tumhare saath Manyu, ek hi rath mein baithe hain. Khush hoke, himmat dikha ke, Marut jaisi taakatein apne hathiyar tez kar rahi hain. Yeh aag jaisi shakti wale veer aage badhein aur raste ki rukawaton ko tod dein.
Mantra 2
अग्निरिव मन्यो त्विषितः सहस्व सेनानीर्नः सहुरे हूत एधि । हत्वाय शत्रून्वि भजस्व वेद ओजो मिमानो वि मृधो नुदस्व ॥
Agni ki tarah chamak, Manyu, aur jeet haasil kar. Jab hum bulayein, tum hamare senapati bano. Dushmanon ko maarna hai, unhe alag-alag karo aur pehchano. Apni taakat ka sahi istemal karo aur hamle ko door bhagao.
Mantra 3
सहस्व मन्यो अभिमातिमस्मे रुजन्मृणन्प्रमृणन्प्रेहि शत्रून् । उग्रं ते पाजो नन्वा रुरुध्रे वशी वशं नयस एकज त्वम् ॥
Jeet haasil karo Manyu, jo log hamare khilaf hain unpe. Tod do, kuchal do, poora kuchal ke dushmanon pe chalo jao. Tumhari tej taakat ab ruki nahi hai. Tum sab ko apne vash mein kar lete ho, tum ek se paida hue ho.
Mantra 4
एको बहूनामसि मन्यवीळितो विशंविशं युधये सं शिशाधि । अकृत्तरुक्त्वया युजा वयं द्युमन्तं घोषं विजयाय कृण्महे ॥
Manyu, tum bahut logon mein ek ho, aur hum tumhe pukarte hain. Hamari har taakat ko ladai ke liye taiyaar karo. Tumhare saath jud ke hum aise chillate hain jo jeet laaye. Hamari awaaz tooti nahi, aur chamak rahi hai.
Mantra 5
विजेषकृदिन्द्र इवानवब्रवोऽस्माकं मन्यो अधिपा भवेह । प्रियं ते नाम सहुरे गृणीमसि विद्मा तमुत्सं यत आबभूथ ॥
Manyu, tum jeet dilate ho, jaise Indra karte hain. Tumhari baat kabhi fail nahi hoti. Hamare upar raj karo. Tumhara pyaara naam hum logon ko pasand hai, isliye bolte hain. Hum jaante hain tum kahan se aaye ho, us chashme se.
Mantra 6
आभूत्या सहजा वज्र सायक सहो बिभर्ष्यभिभूत उत्तरम् । क्रत्वा नो मन्यो सह मेद्येधि महाधनस्य पुरुहूत संसृजि ॥
Manyu, tum vajra ho, tum teer ho. Tumhari taakat har ko par har ke upar chadhti hai. Tumhari ichcha se hum log bhi bade ho jaate hain. Tum humein bade khazane se jod do, kyunki tumhe bahut log pukarte hain.
Mantra 7
संसृष्टं धनमुभयं समाकृतमस्मभ्यं दत्तां वरुणश्च मन्युः । भियं दधाना हृदयेषु शत्रवः पराजितासो अप नि लयन्ताम् ॥
Varun aur Manyu humein woh dhan de jo poora ho, dono taakatein mil ke ban jaayein. Hamare dushman ke dil mein darr ho, woh haar ke chup-chap bhaag jaayein.
In RV 10.84, Manyu is treated as a divine power: fierce ardour that can be invoked, guided, and used to overcome obstruction. It is not uncontrolled rage, but disciplined force aligned with victory and protection.
The hymn links Manyu with Marut-like storm-power (collective heroic energies) and Agni-like fire-form (agnirūpāḥ), showing Manyu as both the surge of force and the burning clarity that drives action.
It suggests power joined with order: Varuṇa represents ṛta (law, restraint, truth), and Manyu represents drive and courage. Together they yield a complete prosperity—strength that is effective and ethically steady.
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