Mantra 36
Sukta 5
११॥ (६) ३६-४१ (१-६) ब्रह्मा। मन्त्रोक्ताः। ३६ मार्त्वी पञ्चपदातिशाक्वरातिजागतगर्भाष्टिः, ३७ विराट् पुरस्ताद्बृहती, ३८ पुर उष्णिक्, ३९, ४० आर्षी गायत्री, ४० विराड् विषमा गायत्री। जितमस्माकमुद्भिन्नमस्माकमभ्यऽष्ठां विश्वाः पृतना अरातीः । इदमहमामुष्यायणस्यामुष्याः पुत्रस्य वर्चस्तेजः प्राणमायुर्नि वेष्टयामीदमेनमधराञ्चं पादयामि
jitám asmā́kam úd-bhinnam asmā́kam abhý-aṣṭhāṃ víśvāḥ pṛ́tanā arā́tīḥ | idám ahám āmuṣyāyaṇásyā́muṣyāḥ putrásya várco téjaḥ prāṇám ā́yur ní veṣṭayāmi | idám enam adharā́ñcam pādayāmi
Conquered is ours; broken up is ours: we have prevailed over all battles and all assaults. This—upon the son of such an one, of such a mother—do I wrap and fasten, even lustre and splendour, breath and length of days. This one I cause to go downward, I press him under.
Rishi: Brahmā (as indicated in the supplied ancillary note for 36–41); verse-level r̥ṣi assignment should be checked against the anukramaṇī.
Devata: Abstract powers: Várchas (lustre), Tejas, Prāṇa, Āyus; also victory over Pṛtanā/Arāti (hostilities).
Chandas: Mixed/complex per the supplied note for 36–41 (edition note indicates varying meters across 36–41); mantra 36 requires metrical verification in the chosen base edition.
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