Mantra 2

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वावृधानः शवसा भूर्योजाः शत्रुर्दासाय भियसं दधाति । अव्यनच्च व्यनच्च सस्नि सं ते नवन्त प्रभृता मदेषु

IAST Transliteration

vā́vṛdhānáḥ śávāsā bhū́ryójāḥ śátrur dā́sāya bhiyásaṃ dadhāti | avyànac ca vyànac ca sásni sáṃ te navanta prábhṛtā mádeṣu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Still waxing in force, of plenteous vigour, he layeth fear upon the foe as upon a Dāsa. He bowed down and bowed apart; with the restraining bond they wholly bend before thee, when raptures are brought forth in the draughts of exultation.

Translation

ਬਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਵਧਦਾ, ਬਹੁਤ ਵਿਰਯ ਵਾਲਾ, ਉਹ ਵੈਰੀ ਉੱਤੇ—ਦਾਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਜਿਵੇਂ—ਭੈ ਧਰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਉਹ ਝੁਕਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਵੀ ਝੁਕਿਆ; ਸਸ੍ਨਿ (ਰੋਕ-ਬੰਧਨ) ਨਾਲ, ਜਦੋਂ ਉੱਲਾਸ ਦੇ ਪਾਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦ ਉੱਭਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਤਦ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਿਵਦੇ ਹਨ।

Word by Word

• वावृधानः: growing, waxing; having become strong
• वावृधानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वृध् (धातु) → वावृधान- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• शवसा: by strength, with might
• शवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूर्योजाः: having abundant vigor/power
• भूर्योजाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि- + ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक) → भूर्योजस्

• शत्रुः: the enemy
• शत्रुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• दासाय: to/for the Dāsa (hostile person/tribe)
• दासाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रातिपदिक)

• भियसम्: fear, terror
• भियसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भियस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधाति: places, puts, bestows
• दधाति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• अव्यनत्: he did not swerve/turn aside
• अव्यनत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यन्/वन् (धातु; ‘to bend/turn/veer’—वेदिक प्रयोग)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• व्यनत्: he swerved/turned (aside)
• व्यनत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यन्/वन् (धातु; वेदिक)

• सस्नि: weapon/point; (with) the blade/edge
• सस्नि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्/सस्- (प्रातिपदिक; वेदिक ‘weapon/edge/point’), अथवा सस्नि- (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नवन्त: they praise/they bow (to)
• नवन्त: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नु (धातु; ‘to praise/utter’—वेदिक), अथवा नम् (धातु; ‘to bow’—पाठभेद-सम्भावना)

• प्रभृताः: brought forth, produced; offered
• प्रभृताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: प्र-√भृ (धातु) → प्रभृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• मदेषु: in the exhilarations/raptures (intoxicating joys)
• मदेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra-like victorious power (implicit); also the mantra’s own coercive ‘ojas’

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in AV transmission)

Mantra Rasa

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