Mantra 7

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सिंहप्रतीको विशो अद्धि सर्वा व्याघ्रप्रतीकोऽव बाधस्व शत्रून्। एकवृष इन्द्रसखा जिगीवां छत्रूयतामा खिदा भोजनानि

IAST Transliteration

siṁhá-pratīkaḥ víśo addhí sárvā vyā́ghra-pratīko ’vá bādhasva śátrūn | éka-vṛ́ṣa índra-sakha jigīvā́n chatrūyatā́m ā́ khida bhójanāni ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lion-visaged, devour all the peoples; tiger-visaged, beat down the foes. Sole Bull, Indra’s friend, victorious: drain hither the provisions of them that would play the enemy.

Word by Word

• सिंहप्रतिःकः: lion-faced / having a lion as emblem
• सिंहप्रतिःकः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंह-प्रतिका (प्रातिपदिक; समास) < सिंह + प्रतिका

• विशः: the clans/peoples
• विशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्धि: eat! devour!
• अद्धि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्याघ्रप्रतिःकः: tiger-faced / having a tiger as emblem
• व्याघ्रप्रतिःकः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याघ्र-प्रतिका (प्रातिपदिक; समास) < व्याघ्र + प्रतिका

• अव: down; away
• अव: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• बाधस्व: drive away! repel!
• बाधस्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकवृषः: the sole bull; uniquely mighty
• एकवृषः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-वृष (प्रातिपदिक; समास) < एक + वृष

• इन्द्रसखः: Indra’s companion/friend
• इन्द्रसखः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-सख (प्रातिपदिक; समास) < इन्द्र + सख

• जिगीवाँ: victorious; having conquered
• जिगीवाँ: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: जि (धातु) → जिगीवस् (कृदन्त; परिपूर्ण/परिप्रयोग)

• शत्रूयताम्: let them be hostile / let them play the enemy
• शत्रूयताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शत्रूय (धातु/नामधातु: ‘to act as an enemy, be hostile’)

• आ: towards; upon
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• खिदा: distress! afflict!
• खिदा: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: खिद् (धातु)

• भोजनानि: foods; provisions
• भोजनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition

Devata: Indra-associated royal ferocity; the king as empowered agent

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence (verification needed)

Mantra Rasa

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