Mantra 4

Sukta 1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रसूत इन्द्र प्रवता हरिभ्यां प्र ते वज्रः प्रमृणन्नेतु शत्रून्। जहि प्रतीचो अनूचः पराचो विष्वक् सत्यं कृणुहि चित्तमेषाम्

IAST Transliteration

prasū́ta índra pravátā háribhyāṃ prá te vájraḥ pramṛṇán etu śátrūn | jahí pratī́co anū́caḥ parā́co víṣvak satyáṃ kṛṇuhi cittám eṣām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sent forth, O Indra, with thy two tawny steeds, with forward-rushing onset—let thy thunderbolt, crushing, go forth against the foes. Smite those that face us, those that follow after, those that are yonder: on every side make true (make effectual) the mind and purpose of these (our enemies).

Word by Word

• प्रसूतः: impelled/forth-sent (set in motion)
• प्रसूतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√सू (सूते) / प्रसूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रवता: with/along the downward slope, by the descent
• प्रवता: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिभ्याम्: with the two bay steeds
• हरिभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रः: the thunderbolt
• वज्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रमृणन्: crushing, destroying
• प्रमृणन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√मृण् (मृणाति) / वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ)

• एतु: let it go/advance
• एतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (एति)

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: slay!
• जहि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हन्ति)

• प्रतीचः: those facing/coming toward (from the front)
• प्रतीचः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनूचः: those following/coming after
• अनूचः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनूच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराचः: those turned away/coming from behind/afar
• पराचः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्वक्: on all sides, everywhere
• विष्वक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विष्वक् (अव्यय)

• सत्यम्: truth, what is true
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुहि: make, establish
• कृणुहि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति/कृणोति)

• चित्तम्: mind, intention
• चित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• एषाम्: of these (of them)
• एषाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra-hymn tradition (Atharvanic redaction; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition for AVŚ 3.1)

Devata: Indra (with vajra as his operative power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (to be confirmed against pada count in the base recension; AV often preserves mixed/irregular triṣṭubh in Indraic battle verses)

Mantra Rasa

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