Mantra 20

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शितिपदी सं पतत्वमित्राणाममूः सिचः । मुह्यन्त्वद्यामूः सेनाः अमित्रानां न्यर्बुदे

IAST Transliteration

śitipadī́ sáṃ patatv amítrāṇām amū́ḥ sícaḥ | múhyantv adyā́mūḥ sénā́ḥ amítrāṇāṃ nyàrbude ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Śitipadī fall together upon those yonder streams/bands of the enemies. Let those yonder armies of the foes be confounded this day, down in Nyarbuda.

Translation

Que Śitipadī, reunida, se abata sobre aquelas correntes (bandos) dos inimigos. Que hoje se confundam aqueles exércitos dos adversários, lá embaixo, em Nyarbuda.

Word by Word

शितिपदीthe ‘spotted-footed’ (one); a named being/agent

सम्together; completely

पततुlet (her/it) fly; let (her/it) fall upon

अमित्राणाम्of the enemies

अमूःthose (f.)

सिचःstreams/sprinklings; pourings (as hostile ‘effusions’/forces)

मुह्यन्तुlet (them) be bewildered

अद्यtoday; now

अमूःthose (f.)

सेनाःarmies; hostile forces

अमित्राणाम्of the enemies

निdown; away; into

अर्बुदेin/into the ‘arbuda’ (a pit/heap/mass; also ‘tumour’-sense in AV usage)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution (abhicāra binding set).

Devata: Śitipadī (personified binding force); secondarily Mohā/Tamas-like bewilderment.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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