Mantra 6

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सहस्व नो अभिमातिं सहस्व पृतनायतः । सहस्व सर्वान् दुर्हार्दः सुहार्दो मे बहून् कृधि

IAST Transliteration

sáhasva no abhímātiṃ sáhasva pṛtanāyatáḥ | sáhasva sárvān durhā́rdaḥ suhā́rdo me bahū́n kṛdhi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Overpower for us the hostile onslaught; overpower the battling foe. Overpower all the ill-hearted; make for me many that are well-hearted.

Word by Word

• सहस्व: overcome; be victorious (over)
• सहस्व: — (आज्ञा; कर्ता = त्वम् निहितः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (हितार्थे ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिमातिम्: hostile attack; enmity
• अभिमातिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमाति- (प्रातिपदिक; अभि+मा ‘to measure/attack’ से निःसृत शत्रुता/आक्रमणार्थक)

• सहस्व: overcome
• सहस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)

• पृतनायतः: of the battle-attacker; of the hostile combatant
• पृतनायतः: Apādāna/सम्बन्ध (यतः-भाव: ‘from/against the one who attacks in battle’)
• Type: Adjective (participle used substantively)
• Root: पृतनायन्त्- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पृतना ‘army/battle’ + √यत्/यत् ‘to strive’ → ‘fighting/attacking’)

• सहस्व: overcome
• सहस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्हार्दः: one of ill-will; hard-hearted
• दुर्हार्दः: Kartā (कृधि-क्रियायाः कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दुर्हार्द- (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्- + हार्द ‘heart-mindedness/affection’)

• सुहार्दः: one of good-will; kind-hearted
• सुहार्दः: Kartā (कृधि-क्रियायाः कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सुहार्द- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + हार्द)

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: बहु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधि: make; render
• कृधि: — (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Sahas (victorious might) mediated through darbha; also abhīmati as adversarial force to be quelled

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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