Mantra 6

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शितिपदी सं द्यतु शरव्ये३यं चतुष्पदी । कृत्येऽमित्रेभ्यो भव त्रिषंधेः सह सेनया

IAST Transliteration

śitipádī sáṃ dyatu śaravyè́ iyáṃ cátuṣpadī | kṛ́tye ’mítrebhyo bhava triṣaṃ́dheḥ sahá sénayā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the bright-footed, the four-footed, smite full—O Śaravya. O Kṛtyā, become (directed) against the foes, together with the host of Triṣaṃdhi.

Translation

हे शरव्ये, शितिपदी—उजळ पावलांची—आणि ही चतुष्पदी पूर्णपणे प्रहार करो. हे कृत्या, त्रिषंधीच्या सेनेसह शत्रूंविरुद्ध वळून उभी राहा.

Word by Word

शितिपदीthe speckle-footed (female; epithet)

सम्together; completely (prefix to the verb)

द्यतुlet (her/it) cut down; let (her/it) strike

शरव्येthe arrow/shaft (missile)

इयम्this (one), she

चतुष्पदीfour-footed

कृत्येO witchcraft; O harmful spell

अमित्रेभ्यःfrom the enemies

भवbe; become

त्रिसंधेःof the three-jointed/three-knotted (one)

सहtogether with

सेनयाwith an army; with a host

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Śaravya; Kṛtyā; Triṣaṃdhi-senā

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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