Mantra 13

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

६। ३ जितमस्माकमुद्भिन्नमस्माकमृतमस्माकं तेजोऽस्माकं ब्रह्मास्माकं स्वरस्माकं यज्ञो३ऽस्माकं पशवोऽस्माकं प्रजा अस्माकं वीरा अस्माकम्

IAST Transliteration

jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam ṛtám asmā́kaṃ téjo ’smā́kaṃ bráhma asmā́kaṃ svára asmā́kaṃ yajñó ’smā́kaṃ paśávo ’smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Victory is ours; ours is the up-springing might; ours is the Right; ours is the splendour; ours is the sacred spell; ours is the chant; ours is the sacrifice; ours are the cattle; ours the progeny; ours are the heroes.

Translation

ชัยชนะเป็นของเรา; พลังที่พุ่งผุดขึ้นเป็นของเรา; ฤตะ (ṛta ความเที่ยงธรรม/ระเบียบอันถูกต้อง) เป็นของเรา; ความรุ่งเรืองเป็นของเรา; พรหมัน (brahman ฤทธิ์แห่งมนตร์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์) เป็นของเรา; สวร (svar เสียงทำนองสวด) เป็นของเรา; ยัญญะ (yajña พิธีบูชา) เป็นของเรา; ปศุ (paśu ฝูงสัตว์) เป็นของเรา; ประชา (prajā ลูกหลาน) เป็นของเรา; วีระ (vīra วีรชน) เป็นของเรา

Word by Word

• जितम्: won, conquered
• जितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• उद्भिन्नम्: burst forth, broken open, sprung up
• उद्भिन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-√भिद् (धातु) → उद्भिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ऋतम्: cosmic order, truth
• ऋतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तेजः: splendor, vigor
• तेजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ब्रह्म: sacred power; prayer/formula
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्वः: heaven, the celestial world
• स्वः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यज्ञः: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञः: Kartā (elliptic: ‘be’/‘become’ understood) / Predicate-nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पशवः: cattle, livestock
• पशवः: Kartā (elliptic) / Predicate-nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रजाः: offspring, progeny
• प्रजाः: Kartā (elliptic) / Predicate-nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वीराः: heroes, brave men
• वीराः: Kartā (elliptic) / Predicate-nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Brahman/Ṛta/Tejas as efficacies

Chandas: Catalogue litany (refrain)

Mantra Rasa

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