Mantra 7

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धूमाक्षी सं पततु कृधुकर्णी च क्रोशतु । त्रिषंधेः सेनया जिते अरुणाः सन्तु केतवः

IAST Transliteration

dhūmākṣī́ sáṃ patatu kṛdhukárṇī ca krośatu | triṣaṃ́dheḥ sénayā jitè aruṇā́ḥ santu ketávaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the smoke-eyed swoop down full; and let Kṛdhukarṇī shriek aloud. With the host of Triṣaṃdhi, when conquest is won, let the signals be ruddy—tokens of victory.

Translation

ಧೂಮಾಕ್ಷೀ (ಧೂಮ-ನೇತ್ರವಳಿ) ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ದಾಳಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಬೀಳಲಿ; ಮತ್ತು ಕೃಧುಕರ್ಣೀ ಜೋರಾಗಿ ಕಿರುಚಲಿ. ತ್ರಿಷಂಧಿಯ ಸೇನೆಯೊಡನೆ ಜಯ ದೊರೆತಾಗ, ವಿಜಯದ ಸಂಕೇತಗಳು ಅರುಣವರ್ಣ—ಕೆಂಪಾಗಿರಲಿ.

Word by Word

धूमाक्षीthe smoke-eyed (female being)

सम्together; completely

पततुlet (her/it) fly/fall

कृधुकर्णीthe rough-/crooked-eared (female being)

चand

क्रोशतुlet (her/it) cry out

त्रिषन्धेःof the three-jointed/threefold-junction (one)

सेनयाby/with the army

जितेwhen (it is) conquered; in the conquered (state)

अरुणाःruddy; reddish

सन्तुlet them be

केतवःbanners; signals; rays/omens

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Dhūmākṣī; Kṛdhukarṇī; Triṣaṃdhi-senā (as operative collective)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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