Mantra 19

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पराजिताः प्र त्रसतामित्रा नुत्ता धावत ब्रह्मणा । बृहस्पतिप्रनुत्तानां मामीषां मोचि कश्चन

IAST Transliteration

parā́jitāḥ prá trasatām mitrā́ nuttā́ dhāvata bráhmaṇā | bṛ́haspátipranuttānāṃ mā́mīṣā́ṃ móci kaścana ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Defeated, let the allies tremble; thrust forth, run ye, by the spell. Of those whom Bṛhaspati hath driven onward, let not one of these escape at all.

Word by Word

पराजिताःdefeated (ones)

प्रforth; forward; intensifier

त्रसताम्let them tremble

अमित्राःenemies

नुnow; indeed

नुत्ताःdriven away

धावतlet them run

ब्रह्मणाby (the power of) sacred formula / brahman

बृहस्पति-प्रनुत्तानाम्of those driven forth by Bṛhaspati

माdo not

ईषाम्of these (shafts/arrows; missiles)

मोचिmay (it) be released / let (it) be loosed

कश्चनanyone at all

Attribution

Rishi: To be supplied from AV anukramaṇī for 8.8

Devata: Bṛhaspati (and brahman as power); implicitly the routed enemy-host

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Mantra Rasa

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