Mantra 23

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्बुदिश्च त्रिषंधिश्चामित्रान् नो वि विध्यताम्। यथैषामिन्द्र वृत्रहन् हनाम शचीपतेऽमित्राणां सहस्रशः

IAST Transliteration

arbúdiś ca trí-ṣandhiś cā́mítrān no ví vidhyatām | yáthaiṣām indra vṛtra-han hánāma śacī́-pate ’mítrāṇāṃ sahasrá-śaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Arbudi and Triṣandhi pierce our foes asunder for us; that, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, Lord of Śacī, we may slay of these enemies by thousands.

Translation

ਅਰਬੁਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਸੰਧੀ ਸਾਡੇ ਵੈਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਚੀਰ ਕੇ ਕੱਟ ਕੇ ਵਿੱਧ ਦੇਣ। ਹੇ ਇੰਦਰ, ਵ੍ਰਿਤ੍ਰਹਨ, ਸ਼ਚੀਪਤੇ—ਅਸੀਂ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਅਮਿਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਹਾਰ ਸਕੀਏ।

Word by Word

अर्बुदिःArbudi (a named being/demon)

चand

त्रिषंधिःTriṣandhi (a named being/demon)

चand

अमित्रान्enemies

नःof us / our

विasunder, apart (intensifier with verb)

विutterly, completely

विध्यताम्let the two pierce/strike

यथाso that / as

एषाम्of these (of them)

इन्द्रO Indra

वृत्रहन्O Vṛtra-slayer

हनामmay we slay

शचीपतेO lord of Śacī

अमित्राणाम्of (the) enemies

सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per Anukramaṇī; edition-dependent)

Devata: Arbudi, Triṣandhi; Indra (Vṛtrahan, Śacīpati)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (to be confirmed)

Mantra Rasa

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