Adhyaya 18 Mantra 70 - Shukla Yajurveda | Malayalam | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 70

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Indra-stotras of the Ṛgvedic corpus (Anukramaṇī-type attribution; in VS usage, transmitted without explicit r̥ṣi-tag in the Saṃhitā itself)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (by cadence and pāda-length typical of Indra-protective verses)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि न॑ इन्द्र॒ मृधो॑ जहि नी॒चा य॑च्छ पृतन्य॒तः । यो अ॒स्माँ२ अ॑भि॒दास॒त्यध॑रं गमया॒ तम॑ः ॥

Transliteration

ví na indra mṛ́dho jahi nīcā́ yaccha pṛtanyatáḥ | yó asmā́m̐ abhidā́saty ádharaṃ gamaya támaḥ ||

Translation

Disperse for us, O Indra, the oppressions; smite them, and hold the battling foe down beneath. Whoso hateth us and would assail us, him drive thou to the lower darkness.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

वि । नः । इन्द्र । मृधः । जहि । नीचाः । यच्छ । पृतन्यतः । यः । अस्मान् । अभिदासति । अधरम् । गमय । तमः ।

Word by Word

विapart, away (prefix: ‘asunder/away’)

नःof us / our

इन्द्रO Indra

मृधःhostilities, foes, harms

जहिstrike down, slay

नीचाdownward, low

यच्छrestrain, hold back

पृतन्यतःof the one who fights/attacks

यःwho

अस्मान्us

अभिagainst, towards (hostilely)

दासत्harms, assails

अधःdown, below

गमयcause to go, drive

तम्him

Entities Mentioned

Indra

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