Mantra 20

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एत उ त्ये पतयन्ति श्वयातव इन्द्रं दिप्सन्ति दिप्सवोऽदाभ्यम्। शिशीते शक्रः पिशुनेभ्यो वधं नुनं सृजदशनिं यातुमद्भ्यः

IAST Transliteration

etá u tyé patayanti śvayātávo índraṃ dipsanti dipsávo’dā́bhyam | śiśī́te śakráḥ piśúnebhyo vadháṃ nunáṃ sṛ́jad aśánim yātumádbhyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lo, these—those yelping fliers—seek to harm Indra, the Unassailable, being themselves harm-seekers. The Mighty One now makes slaughter ready against the malicious; even now he lets loose the thunderbolt upon the yātu-possessed.

Word by Word

एतेthese (persons/ones)

उindeed/just

त्येthose

पतयन्तिthey fly about / dart

श्वयातवःswift-flying ones (a class of beings/agents)

इन्द्रम्Indra

दिप्सन्तिthey wish to harm / seek to injure

दिप्सवःharm-seekers, would-be injurers

अदाभ्यम्unassailable, not to be harmed

शिशीतेhe sharpens / makes ready

शक्रःŚakra (Indra)

पिशुनेभ्यःfrom the malicious/treacherous ones

वधम्slaying, killing-blow

नूनम्now, indeed

सृजत्releasing, hurling

अशनिम्the thunderbolt

यातुमद्भ्यःto/against the sorcerers (possessing yātu, magic)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Indra (Śakra) (explicit)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Mantra Rasa

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