Mantra 12

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद् वेपय सं विजन्तां भियामित्रान्त्सं सृज । उरुग्राहैर्बाह्वङ्कैर्विध्यामित्रान् न्यर्बुदे

IAST Transliteration

úd vepaya sáṃ vijantāṃ bhiyā́mītrā́n sáṃ sṛja | urugrāháir bāhv-aṅkáir vidhyā́mītrā́n ny àrbude ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Make them start and tremble; let the enemies be wholly scattered with fear: send it forth. With wide-grasping seizings, with arm-hooks, pierce the enemies down, O Arbuda.

Translation

Hãy làm cho chúng giật mình và run rẩy; nguyện cho kẻ thù bị nỗi sợ làm tan tác hoàn toàn—hãy phóng nó ra. Với những cú chụp bắt rộng khắp, với những móc của cánh tay, hãy đâm ghim và đè kẻ thù xuống—hỡi Arbuda.

Word by Word

उद्up, forth

वेपयmake (them) tremble

सम्together, completely

विजन्ताम्let them be separated/dispersed

भियाwith fear

अमित्रान्enemies

सम्together, completely

सृजrelease/drive forth

उरुग्राहैःwith wide-grasping (ones)/with broad-seizers

बाह्वङ्कैःwith arm-bends/with hooked arms

विध्याम्may I pierce/strike

अमित्रान्enemies

निdown, into

अर्बुदेin/into the tumor (arbuda); in the swelling/mass

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here).

Devata: Arbuda (destructive agent); fear as instrumental force.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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