Mantra 42

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

६॥ (७) ४२-५० (१-९) विहव्यः। प्राजापत्या अनुष्टुप्, ४४ त्रिपदा गायत्रीगर्भानुष्टुप्, ५० त्रिष्टुप्। यं वयं मृगयामहे तं वधै स्तृणवामहै । व्यात्ते परमेष्ठिनो ब्रह्मणापीपदाम तम्

IAST Transliteration

yáṃ vayáṃ mṛgayā́mahe táṃ vadháiḥ str̥ṇavāmahai | vyā́tte paraméṣṭhino bráhmaṇā́pīpadāma tám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whom we pursue as quarry, him with slayings would we strew low. Into the wide-open (power) of the Highest Lord—by sacred spell—we have made that man to fall.

Word by Word

यम्whom

वयम्we

मृगयामहेwe hunt/seek

तम्him/that one

वधैःwith blows/with weapons (means of killing)

स्तृणवामहैwe strew/spread (down); we lay low

व्यात्तेopened, expanded

परमेष्ठिनःof the Highest One (Paramesthin)

ब्रह्मणाby sacred power/prayer (brahman)

अपिपदामwe have caused to reach / we have brought (to a footing)

तम्him/that one

Attribution

Rishi: Vihavya (as indicated for the section 42–50)

Devata: Prajāpati/Paramesthin (and the operative Brahman as power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (per heading for 42–50; with noted exceptions elsewhere in the sequence)

Mantra Rasa

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