Mantra 6

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ते त्वा मदा अमदन् तानि वृष्ण्या ते सोमासो वृत्रहत्येषु सत्पते । यत् कारवे दश वृत्राण्यप्रति बर्हिष्मते नि सहस्राणि बर्हयः

IAST Transliteration

té tvā mádā amadan tā́ni vṛ́ṣṇyā té sómāso vṛtra-hátyeṣu satpate | yát kāráve dáśa vṛtrā́ṇy apráti bárhiṣmate ní sahásrāṇi bárhayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those raptures have exhilarated thee—those virile (powers), those Soma-pressings—in the slayings of Vṛtra, O lord of the true. When, for the singer, thou didst (overthrow) ten Vṛtras, irresistible; (when) for him of the sacred grass, thousands of barhis-stalks (were laid down).

Word by Word

तेthey

त्वाyou

मदाःintoxicating draughts / exhilarations

अमदन्intoxicated / exhilarated

तानिthose (things)

वृष्ण्याःbull-like, mighty

तेthey

सोमासःSoma-juices

वृत्रहत्येषुin the Vṛtra-slayings (battles)

सत्पतेO true lord / good master

यत्when / since / that

कारवेto the singer/poet

दशten

वृत्राणिVṛtras / obstructers

अप्रतिirresistibly / without opposition

बर्हिष्मतेto the one possessing sacred grass / to the altar-possessor

निdown, forth (as preverb)

सहस्राणिthousands

बर्हयःsacrificial grasses / strewn grasses

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra cycle seer (AV 20 anthology).

Devata: Indra (Soma as enabling power).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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