Mantra 60

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

१८। १५ जितमस्माकमुद्भिन्नमस्माकमृतमस्माकं तेजोऽस्माकं ब्रह्मास्माकं स्वऽरस्माकं यज्ञो३ऽस्माकं पशवोऽस्माकं प्रजा अस्माकं वीरा अस्माकम्

IAST Transliteration

jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo ’smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàḥ ’smā́kaṃ yajñó ’smā́kaṃ paśávo ’smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Victory is ours; increase is ours; the Right is ours; ours is the splendor; ours the holy spell; ours is the heavenly good; ours the sacrifice; ours the cattle; ours the offspring; ours the heroes.

Translation

ชัยชนะเป็นของเรา; ความงอกงามเป็นของเรา; ฤตะ (ṛta) คือความเป็นระเบียบอันเที่ยงธรรมเป็นของเรา; รัศมีเดชเป็นของเรา; พรหมัน (brahman) คือมนตร์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์เป็นของเรา; สวัส (svaḥ) คือความผาสุกแห่งสวรรค์เป็นของเรา; ยัชญะ (yajña) คือพิธีบูชาเป็นของเรา; ปศุ (paśu) คือฝูงสัตว์เป็นของเรา; ประชา (prajā) คือวงศ์วานเป็นของเรา; วีระ (vīra) คือวีรชนเป็นของเรา

Word by Word

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

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• उद्भिन्नम्: split open, burst forth
• उद्भिन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-√भिद् (भिदिर् छेदने) → उद्भिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

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

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तेजः: splendour, power
• तेजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

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

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्वः: heaven, the sky-world
• स्वः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (अव्यय/नाम)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यज्ञः: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञः: Kartā (elliptical: ‘is/shall be’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पशवः: cattle, livestock
• पशवः: Kartā (elliptical)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रजाः: offspring, progeny
• प्रजाः: Kartā (elliptical)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वीराः: heroes, brave men
• वीराः: Kartā (elliptical)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Brahman/Tejas/R̥ta as abstract powers; communal ‘ours’ as the operative focus

Chandas: Anaphoric litany; meter not securely determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

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