Mantra 94

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

२७। २४ जितमस्माकमुद्भिन्नमस्माकमृतमस्माकं तेजोऽस्माकं ब्रह्मास्माकं स्वऽरस्माकं यज्ञो३ऽस्माकं पशवोऽस्माकं प्रजा अस्माकं वीरा अस्माकम्

IAST Transliteration

jítam asmā́kam udbhínnam asmā́kam ṛtám asmā́kaṃ téjo ’smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñó ’smā́kaṃ paśávo ’smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Conquered is ours; forth-burst is ours; the Right is ours; ours is the splendour; ours is the sacred spell; ours is the heaven; ours is the sacrifice; ours are the cattle; ours the offspring; ours are the heroes.

Word by Word

• जितम्: (be) won, conquered; victory
• जितम्: Karma (predicate nominative/accusative with implied ‘अस्तु/भवतु’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used substantively)
• Root: जि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्भिन्नम्: broken open; burst forth; sprung up
• उद्भिन्नम्: Karma (predicate nominative/accusative with implied ‘अस्तु/भवतु’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used substantively)
• Root: उद्-√भिद् (भिद्) → उद्भिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ऋतम्: cosmic order; truth
• ऋतम्: Karma (predicate nominative/accusative with implied ‘अस्तु/भवतु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तेजः: splendour; vigor; brilliance
• तेजः: Karma (predicate nominative/accusative with implied ‘अस्तु/भवतु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ब्रह्म: sacred power; holy utterance; priestly might
• ब्रह्म: Karma (predicate nominative/accusative with implied ‘अस्तु/भवतु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्वः: heaven; the luminous world
• स्वः: Karma (predicate nominative/accusative with implied ‘अस्तु/भवतु’)
• Type: Noun (heaven) used as a nominal form
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-स्वरूप)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञः: Karma (predicate nominative with implied ‘अस्तु/भवतु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पशवः: cattle; livestock
• पशवः: Karma (predicate nominative plural with implied ‘सन्तु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रजाः: offspring; progeny; people
• प्रजाः: Karma (predicate nominative plural with implied ‘सन्तु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वीराः: heroes; brave men; warriors
• वीराः: Karma (predicate nominative plural with implied ‘सन्तु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sectional attribution; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type material)

Devata: Brahman (mantra-power) and Jayā/Victory as functional deity; also Ṛta as efficacious principle

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like refrain (late Atharvanic cadence; not a strict ṛgvedic meter)

Mantra Rasa

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