Mantra 3

Sukta 38

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रथे अक्षेष्वृषभस्य वाजे वाते पर्जन्ये वरुणस्य शुष्मे । इन्द्रं या देवी सुभगा जजान सा न ऐतु वर्चसा संविदाना

IAST Transliteration

rathé ákṣeṣv ṛṣabhásya vājé vāté parjánye váruṇasya śúṣme | índraṁ yā́ devī́ subhágā jajā́na sā́ na étu várcasā saṁvidānā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Lustre that is in the chariot, in the axles, in the bull’s victorious prize; that which is in the Wind, in Parjanya, in Varuṇa’s impetuous might;—the auspicious Goddess who brought forth Indra,—let her come unto us, in concord, with her splendour.

Translation

ರಥದಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಕ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ವೃಷಭನ ವಿಜಯ-ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು; ವಾತದಲ್ಲಿ, ಪರ್ಜನ್ಯನಲ್ಲಿ, ಮತ್ತು ವರುಣನ ಶೂಷ್ಮ (ಉಗ್ರ ಬಲ)ದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು—ಇಂದ್ರನನ್ನು ಜನ್ಮಕೊಟ್ಟ ಸುಭಗಾ ದೇವಿ, ಆಕೆ ತನ್ನ ವರ್ಚಸಾ (ಪ್ರಭೆ)ಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂವಿದಾ (ಏಕಮನಸ್ಸು)ಯಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬರಲಿ.

Word by Word

रथेin the chariot

अक्षेषुon/among the axles

ऋषभस्यof the bull

वाजेin strength / in the prize (victory)

वातेin the wind

पर्जन्येin Parjanya (rain-cloud)

वरुणस्यof Varuṇa

शुष्मेin might / in vigor

इन्द्रम्Indra (as object)

याwho (she)

देवीthe goddess

सुभगाfortunate, auspicious

जजानgave birth to / begot

साshe

नःto us / for us

एतुlet (her) come

वर्चसाwith splendor / brilliance

संविदानाbeing in accord / uniting (with us)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Tvís/Várchas Devī; associated with Indra/Varuṇa power-spectrum

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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