Mantra 2

Sukta 55

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या इन्द्र भुज आभरः स्वर्वां असुरेभ्यः । स्तोतारमिन्मघवन्नस्य वर्धय ये च त्वे वृक्तबर्हिषः

IAST Transliteration

yā́ índra bhúja ā́ abharaḥ svàr-vāṃ ásurebhyaḥ | stótāram ín maghavann asyá vardhaya yé ca tvé vṛktá-barhiṣaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The aids, O Indra, which thou broughtest—heaven-bright good—from out the Asuras: the praiser—him, O bounteous—do thou increase, and those besides who, on thy side, have strewn the sacred grass.

Translation

இந்திரா, அசுரர்களிடமிருந்து நீ கொண்டு வந்த—ஸ்வர்போல ஒளிரும் நன்மையான—உதவிகளை வைத்து, மघவன், ஸ்தோத்திரம் பாடுபவனை வளர்த்தருள்வாய்; மேலும் உன் பக்கம் நின்று யஜ்ஞத் தழை (பர்ஹிஸ்) பரப்பியவர்களையும் (வளர்த்தருள்வாய்).

Word by Word

याःwhich (those)

इन्द्रO Indra

भुजःarms

आtowards, hither

अभरःyou brought

स्वर्वान्heavenly, possessing light (svàr)

असुरेभ्यःfrom the Asuras

स्तोतारम्the praiser

इत्indeed, just

मघवन्O bountiful one

अस्यof him/this (one)

वर्धयincrease, strengthen

येwho (those)

चand

त्वेin you

वृक्तबर्हिषः(those) whose sacrificial grass is strewn/cut (i.e., with prepared barhis)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra vs Asura motif)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (exact RV source needed for certainty)

Mantra Rasa

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