Mantra 8

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथेन्द्र उद्वाचनं लब्ध्वा चक्रे अधस्पदम्। कृण्वे३ऽहमधरांस्तथामूञ्छश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः

IAST Transliteration

yáthéndra udvā́canam labdhvā́ cakré ádhaspadam | kṛṇvé ’hám ádharāṃs tathā́mū́ñ chāśvatī́bhyaḥ sámābhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As Indra, having won the upraised word, established for them the nether place—so do I make those yonder ones inferior, for everlasting years, through all the seasons of time.

Translation

インドラが、掲げ上げられた言葉を得て、彼らのために下方の座を定めたように――そのように私は、かなたの者どもを下位の者とする。永遠の歳月にわたり、時のあらゆる季節を通して。

Word by Word

यथाjust as / as

इन्द्रःIndra

उद्वाचनम्a proclamation/utterance (a spoken formula)

लब्ध्वाhaving obtained

चक्रेmade / did

अधःपदम्a lower place/footing

कृण्वेI make / I render

अहम्I

अधरान्lower / inferior (ones)

तथाso / in the same way

अमून्those (yonder)

शश्वतीभ्यःfrom the everlasting/continual (ones/times)

समाभ्यःfrom the years / seasons

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras (verify in anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra (paradigmatic); the ritual ‘I’ as empowered agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Mantra Rasa

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