Mantra 1

Sukta 86

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्राता इन्द्रः। त्रातारमिन्द्रमवितारमिन्द्रं हवेहवे सुहवं शूरमिन्द्रम्। हुवे नु शक्रं पुरुहूतमिन्द्रं स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो मघवान् कृणोतु

IAST Transliteration

trātā́ram índram avitā́ram índraṃ háve-have suhávaṃ śū́ram índram | huvè nú śákraṃ puruhūtám índraṃ svastí na índro maghávān kṛṇotu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Indra the Protector, Indra the Helper—him, the easy-to-invoke heroic one, I call at every call. Now I invoke Śakra, Indra much-invoked: may Indra the bounteous establish welfare for us.

Word by Word

त्राताprotector

इन्द्रःIndra

त्रातारम्(as) protector

इन्द्रम्Indra (acc.)

अवितारम्helper, protector

इन्द्रम्Indra (acc.)

हवेहवेat every invocation, again and again

सुहवम्easy to invoke

शूरम्heroic, valiant

इन्द्रम्Indra (acc.)

हुवेI invoke, I call

नुnow; indeed

शक्रम्the mighty one (Śakra)

पुरुहूतम्much-invoked, often called

इन्द्रम्Indra (acc.)

स्वस्तिwell-being; welfare

नःfor us; of us

इन्द्रःIndra

मघवान्bountiful one, giver

कृणोतुmay he make; may he grant

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the supplied excerpt)

Devata: Indra (Śakra, Maghavan)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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