Mantra 2

Sukta 110

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

याभ्यामजयन्त्स्व१रग्र एव यावातस्थतुर्भुवनानि विश्वा । प्रचर्षणी वृषणा वज्रबाहू अग्निमिन्द्रं वृत्रहणा हुवेऽहम्

IAST Transliteration

yā́bhyām ájayan svàr ágre evá yā́vatasthátur bhúvanāni víśvā | prácārṣaṇī vṛ́ṣaṇā vájrabāhū agním índraṃ vṛtraháṇā huvè ’ahám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By whom, in the beginning, they won the heavenly light, even as far as all the worlds took their station—those two impelling Bulls, whose arms are the thunderbolt, Agni and Indra, the Vṛtra-slayers, do I invoke.

Word by Word

• याभ्याम्: by which two (fem.)
• याभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अजयन्: they conquered
• अजयन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)

• स्वः: heaven
• स्वः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्रे: in front; at first
• अग्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial loc.)
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• यावत्: as far as; as long as
• यावत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)

• अस्थतुः: the two stood
• अस्थतुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• भुवनानि: worlds; beings/realms
• भुवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रचर्षणी: impetuous; rushing forth
• प्रचर्षणी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: प्रचर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषणा: the two mighty/bull-like
• वृषणा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रबाहू: whose arms are (like) the thunderbolt
• वज्रबाहू: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्र-बाहु (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रहणा: the two slayers of Vṛtra
• वृत्रहणा: Karma
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वृत्र-हन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• हुवे: I invoke
• हुवे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हू (धातु)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: To be confirmed from AVŚ anukramaṇī.

Devata: Agni–Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable, given length and cadence; to be verified by syllable count).

Mantra Rasa

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