Mantra 1

Sukta 134

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शत्रुनाशनम्। अयं वज्रस्तर्पयतामृतस्यावास्य राष्ट्रमप हन्तु जीवितम्। शृणातु ग्रीवाः प्र शृणातूष्णिहा वृत्रस्येव शचीपतिः

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ vájras tarpayatām amṛ́tasya avā́sya rāṣṭrám ápa hantu jīvitám | śṛṇā́tu grīvā́ḥ prá śṛṇātu uṣṇíhā vṛtrásyeva śacī́patiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This thunderbolt—let it be sated with the Immortal’s might—let it smite away the life of him who threatens this realm. Let it shatter necks, yea, shatter them forth, with the Uṣṇih, as Śacī’s Lord did Vṛtra.

Translation

Destruição dos inimigos. Que este Vajra se sacie do poder do Imortal; que ele golpeie, tirando a vida, aquele que ameaça este reino. Que ele esmague os pescoços, sim, que os esmague por completo—com o Uṣṇih, como o Senhor de Śacī abateu Vṛtra.

Word by Word

अयम्this (one)

वज्रःthunderbolt, weapon

तर्पयताम्let (it/they) satisfy, gladden

अमृतस्यof immortality / of ambrosia

अवdown, away

अस्यof this (one)

राष्ट्रम्kingdom, realm

अपaway, off

हन्तुlet (him/it) strike, slay

जीवितम्life, living

शृणातुlet (it) cut/break

ग्रीवाःnecks

प्रforth, forward, completely

शृणातुlet (it) cut/break

उष्णिहाthe slayer of Uṣṇih (a demon/foe-name)

वृत्रस्यof Vṛtra

इवlike, as

शचीपतिःŚacī’s lord (Indra)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indra (Śacīpati) / Vajra as personified force

Chandas: Uṣṇih (explicitly referenced as operative meter)

Mantra Rasa

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