Mantra 22

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यश्च कवची यश्चाकवचो३मित्रो यश्चाज्मनि । ज्यापाशैः कवचपाशैरज्मनाभिहतः शयाम्

IAST Transliteration

yáś ca kavacī́ yáś cā́kavacó ’mítró yáś cā́jmani | jyā-pāśaíḥ kavaca-pāśaír ájmanā́bhihataḥ śayām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whether armoured or unarmoured be the foe, and whether he be upon the march: with bowstring-nooses, with armour-nooses—by the very track smitten—may he lie prone.

Translation

Dù kẻ thù có giáp hay không giáp, dù hắn đang trên đường hành quân: bằng thòng lọng dây cung, bằng thòng lọng của giáp—bị đánh trúng ngay trên lối đi ấy—nguyện hắn nằm sấp xuống.

Word by Word

यःwho

चand

कवचीarmoured; wearing armour

यःwho

चand

अकवचःunarmoured; without armour

मित्रःfriend; ally

यःwho

चand

अज्मनिon the road/path; in the course (of travel)

ज्यापाशैःwith bowstring-nooses

कवचपाशैःwith armour-nooses

अज्मनाby/with the path; by the road (as means)

अभिहतःstruck down; smitten

शयाम्may he lie; let him lie (prostrate)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras attribution.

Devata: Pāśa (Noose) as operative force; implicitly the binding aspect of Varuṇa-like constraint, redirected to war.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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