Mantra 4

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर्यू षु प्र धन्वा वाजसातये परि वृत्राणि सक्षणिः । द्विषस्तदध्यर्णवेनेयसे सनिस्रसो नामासि त्रयोदशो मास इन्द्रस्य गृहः

IAST Transliteration

pári oṃ íti sú prá dhanva vā́jasātaye pári vṛtrā́ṇi sakṣáṇiḥ | dvíṣas tád ádhy arṇavéna īyase sanisrasó nā́māsi trayodaśó mā́sa índrasya gṛháḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Round about—Oṃ—press thou on, well and forth, for winning of the prize; round about the Vr̥tra-obstacles, striding strongly. Over the haters thou movest with a flood: Sanisrasa by name art thou, the thirteenth month, Indra’s house.

Word by Word

परिaround, all around

ऊँemphatic particle (indeed/now)

सुwell, thoroughly (intensifier)

प्रforth, forward

धन्वाwith the bow; bow-wise/with bow-force

वाजसातयेfor winning the prize/booty

परिaround

वृत्राणिobstacles, Vr̥tra-like foes

सक्षणिःthe overpowerer/one who can withstand; a strong one

द्विषःhaters, enemies

तत्that

अधिover, upon

अर्णवेनwith the flood/sea; by the surge

ईयसेyou go/advance

सनिस्रसःthe outflowing one; the one that streams forth

नामby name; namely

असिyou are

त्रयोदशःthirteenth

मासःmonth

इन्द्रस्यof Indra

गृहःhouse, dwelling

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgiras tradition (hymn-level attribution).

Devata: Indra (victory), with Sanisrasa as named operative power/epithet.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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