Mantra 1

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

२ आर्च्युष्णिक्, ३ साम्नी पङ्क्तिः, ४ परोष्णिक्। जितमस्माकमुद्भिन्नमस्माकमभ्यऽष्ठां विश्वाः पृतना अरातीः

IAST Transliteration

jítam asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam abhí aṣṭhā́m víśvāḥ pṛ́tanā arā́tīḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Won is it for us; shattered for us: we have taken our stand against all battles, against all malign hostilities.

Word by Word

• जितम्: won, conquered
• जितम्: कर्म (विधेय-विशेषणम्; ‘अस्माकम्’ इत्यस्य) / विधेयविशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जि (जये) / प्रातिपदिक: जित-

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive of possession)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• उद्भिन्नम्: split open, broken up, shattered
• उद्भिन्नम्: कर्म (विधेय-विशेषणम्; ‘अस्माकम्’ इत्यस्य) / विधेयविशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + √भिद् (भेदने) / प्रातिपदिक: उद्भिन्न-

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive of possession)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: उपसर्ग/दिशा-निर्देश (towards/against)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• अष्ठाम्: (you) have come upon / attacked / advanced against
• अष्ठाम्: क्रिया (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (व्याप्तौ/गत्यर्थे; here as aorist/imperative stem अष्ठा-)

• विश्वाः: all
• विश्वाः: कर्तृ (पृतनाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व

• पृतनाः: battles, hostile forces
• पृतनाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृतना

• अरातीः: hostilities, enmities (hostile powers)
• अरातीः: कर्तृ (पृतनाः इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण/अप्पोज़िशन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (requires padānukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Jaya (Victory) / Indraic battle-power (implicit)

Chandas: Uṣṇih/Pañkti/Paroṣṇih noted in the heading tradition; verse itself requires metrical audit

Mantra Rasa

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