Mantra 13

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न वा उ सोमो वृजिनं हिनोति न क्षत्रियं मिथुया धारयन्तम्। हन्ति रक्षो हन्त्यासद् वदन्तमुभाविन्द्रस्य प्रसितौ शयाते

IAST Transliteration

ná vā u sómo vr̥jináṃ hinoti ná kṣatríyaṃ mithuyā́ dhāráyantam | hánti rákṣo hánty ásád vádantam ubhā́v índrasya prásitau śayāte ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Soma, in sooth, impelleth none to crooked sin, nor yet the Kṣatriya who falsely holds his plea. He smiteth down the Rakṣas, smiteth him who speaketh Untruth: both lie beneath the constraint, the cast-bond, of Indra.

Translation

ସୋମ କେହିକୁ ବାଙ୍କା ପାପକର୍ମକୁ ପ୍ରେରେ ନାହିଁ; ମିଥ୍ୟାଭାବେ ନିଜ ଦାବିକୁ ଧରିରଖୁଥିବା କ୍ଷତ୍ରିୟକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ। ସେ ରକ୍ଷସକୁ ହାଣେ, ଅସତ୍ୟ କହୁଥିବାକୁ ହାଣେ; ଉଭୟ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସିତି—ବନ୍ଧନ/ନିୟନ୍ତ୍ରଣ—ତଳେ ପଡ଼ି ରହନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

नnot

वाor/indeed

उindeed/just

सोमःSoma (the soma-plant/juice)

वृजिनम्sin, wrongdoing

हिindeed/for

हिनोतिdrives on, impels

नnot

क्षत्रियम्a Kṣatriya

मिथ्याfalsely, wrongly

धारयन्तम्holding, maintaining

हन्तिkills, strikes

रक्षःdemon, Rākṣasa-being

हन्तिkills, strikes

असत्untrue, improper

वदन्तम्speaking

उभौboth (of them)

इन्द्रस्यof Indra

प्रसितौin the fetters/constraints (lit. ‘bindings’)

शयातेlie, rest

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution (traditional)

Devata: Soma and Indra (jointly: Soma as discerner, Indra as coercive enforcer)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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