Mantra 12

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः शम्बरं पर्यतरत् कसीभिर्योऽचारुकास्नापिबत् सुतस्य । अन्तर्गिरौ यजमानं बहुं जनं यस्मिन्नामूर्छत् स जनास इन्द्रः

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ śámbaraṃ páryatarat kasī́bhir yó ’cā́rukāsnā́ apibat sutásya | antár-giráu yájamānaṃ bahúṃ jánaṃ yásmin ná́mūrchata sá janāsa índraḥ́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who with his means surmounted Śambara; who, fair-mouthed, drank of the pressed Soma; within the mountain, the sacrificer and the many folk in whom sank not in swoon—he, O peoples, is Indra.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

शम्बरम्Śambara (a foe/demon)

परिaround, all about

अतरत्crossed over, overcame

कसीभिःwith/by (his) whips/straps (kásī-)

यःwho

अचारुकास्नाwith the ‘A-cārukāsna’ (a specific epithet/attribute; lit. ‘not-pleasant/strange-bathed’—traditional epithet)

अपिबत्drank

सुतस्यof the pressed (Soma)

अन्तःwithin, inside

गिरौin the mountain

यजमानम्the sacrificer

बहुम्many, much

जनम्people, folk

यस्मिन्in whom/wherein

अमूर्छत्fainted, swooned

सःhe

जनासःthe peoples, men

इन्द्रःIndra

Attribution

Rishi: From RV Indra material (seer per RV concordance).

Devata: Indra (Soma-drinker; protector of yajamāna)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (to be confirmed by RV concordance).

Mantra Rasa

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