Mantra 13

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स उत् तिष्ठ प्रेहि प्र द्रव रथः सुचक्रः सुपविः सुनाभिः। प्रति तिष्ठोर्ध्वः

IAST Transliteration

sá út tiṣṭha préhi prá drava ráthaḥ sucakráḥ supavíḥ sunābhíḥ | práti tiṣṭhordhváḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Rise up; go forth; run onward—like a chariot well-wheeled, well-fellied, with sound naves. Stand thou again, upright and firm.

Word by Word

सःhe / that one

उत्up; forth (as preverb)

तिष्ठstand up; arise

प्रforth; forward (as preverb)

एहिgo; come (move)

प्रforth; forward

द्रवrun; speed

रथःthe chariot

सुचक्रःhaving good wheels; well-wheeled

सुपविःwith good felly/rim; well-rimmed

सुनाभिःwith a good hub/navel; well-hubbed

प्रतिtowards; against; in return

तिष्ठstand; take position

ऊर्ध्वःupright; raised; standing up

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Restored vitality/mobility; implicitly the body-as-chariot under divine order

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (appears longer than strict anuṣṭubh; likely a triṣṭubh/jagatī-like cadence in AV style)

Mantra Rasa

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