Mantra 12

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्मा इदु प्र भरा तूतुजानो वृत्राय वज्रमीशानः कियेधाः । गोर्न पर्व वि रदा तिरश्चेष्यन्नर्णांस्यपां चरध्यै

IAST Transliteration

asmā́ id u prá bharā tútujāno vṛtrā́ya vájram ī́śānaḥ kiyedhā́ḥ | gór na párva ví radā tiraścéṣyann árṇāṃsy apā́ṃ carádhyai

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bring thou forth for him—yea, for him—thy bolt, impetuous, lordly, the restrainer, against Vṛtra. Cleave thou apart, as one cleaveth a cow’s joint, the floods of waters, moving athwart, that they may course onward.

Translation

அவனுக்காக—ஆம், அவனுக்காகவே—நீ உன் வஜ்ரத்தை முன்னே கொண்டு வா, தூதுஜான (வேகமிகு) ஆக; வஜ்ரத்தின் ஈசானன், தடுப்பவன், வ்ருத்ரனுக்கு எதிராக. மாட்டின் மூட்டு பகுதியை பிளப்பதுபோல், குறுக்கே நகரும் நீர்வெள்ளங்களைப் பிளந்து விடு; அவை முன்னே ஓடிச் செல்லும்படியாக.

Word by Word

अस्मैto him (for him)

इदुindeed, just

प्रforth, forward

भरbear! bring!

तूतुजानःimpetuous, rushing on

वृत्रायfor Vṛtra

वज्रम्the thunderbolt

ईशानःruling, mighty

कियेधाःthe restrainer/obstructor (epithet)

गोःof a cow

नlike, as

पर्वa joint, knot (of a reed/bone)

विapart, asunder

रदाsplit! tear asunder!

तिरश्चाsideways, across

ईष्यन्moving/pressing on

अर्णांसिfloods, waves

अपाम्of the waters

चand

रध्यैto succeed/attain; for accomplishing

Attribution

Rishi: Gautama (as implied by the closing verse of the set; RV-family attribution carried into AV 20)

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan, releaser of waters)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style)

Mantra Rasa

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