Mantra 4

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्बुदिर्नाम यो देव ईशानश्च न्यऽर्बुदिः । याभ्यामन्तरिक्षमावृतमियं च पृथिवी मही। ताभ्यामिन्द्रमेदिभ्यामहं जितमन्वेमि सेनया

IAST Transliteration

árbudir nā́ma yó devá ī́śānaś ca ny-àrbudíḥ | yā́bhyām antárikṣam ā́vṛtam iyáṃ ca pṛthivī́ mahī́ | tā́bhyām índra-medhibhyām aháṃ jitám anvémi sénayā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Arbudi by name is that God, and Nyarbudi, the Lordly twain, by whom the mid-air is encompassed, and this great Earth. With those two, Indra-skilled, I follow after the victory won, together with my host.

Word by Word

अर्बुदिःArbudi (a deity/name)

नामby name; named

यःwho

देवःthe god

ईशानःruling, sovereign

चand

निdown; in; (prefix)

अर्बुदिःArbudi

याभ्याम्by which two (f.)

अन्तरिक्षम्the mid-air, atmosphere

आवृतम्covered, encompassed

इयम्this

चand

पृथिवीEarth

महीgreat, vast

ताभ्याम्by those two

इन्द्रम्Indra

एदिभ्याम्with/through the two ‘edi’ (two powers/agents so named)

अहम्I

जितम्the conquered; the won (one)

अन्वेमिI follow; I pursue

सेनयाwith an army

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed in the Anukramaṇī to an Atharvan/Āṅgirasa seer for senā-karman contexts).

Devata: Arbudi and Nyarbudi (paired martial/protective powers); secondarily Indra as the paradigm of victory.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed meter; often treated as irregular triṣṭubh in this section).

Mantra Rasa

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