Mantra 4

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्बुदिर्नाम यो देव ईशानश्च न्यऽर्बुदिः । याभ्यामन्तरिक्षमावृतमियं च पृथिवी मही। ताभ्यामिन्द्रमेदिभ्यामहं जितमन्वेमि सेनया

IAST Transliteration

árbudir nā́ma yó devá ī́śānaś ca ny-àrbudíḥ | yā́bhyām antárikṣam ā́vṛtam iyáṃ ca pṛthivī́ mahī́ | tā́bhyām índra-medhibhyām aháṃ jitám anvémi sénayā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Arbudi by name is that God, and Nyarbudi, the Lordly twain, by whom the mid-air is encompassed, and this great Earth. With those two, Indra-skilled, I follow after the victory won, together with my host.

Translation

Có vị thần mang danh Arbudi, và Nyarbudi—cặp đôi uy quyền, bậc chủ tể; nhờ hai vị ấy mà trung không được bao bọc, và cả Đại Địa rộng lớn này. Cùng với hai vị ấy, những bậc tinh thông uy lực của Indra, ta cùng đạo quân của mình tiến theo chiến thắng đã giành được.

Word by Word

अर्बुदिःArbudi (a deity/name)

नामby name; named

यःwho

देवःthe god

ईशानःruling, sovereign

चand

निdown; in; (prefix)

अर्बुदिःArbudi

याभ्याम्by which two (f.)

अन्तरिक्षम्the mid-air, atmosphere

आवृतम्covered, encompassed

इयम्this

चand

पृथिवीEarth

महीgreat, vast

ताभ्याम्by those two

इन्द्रम्Indra

एदिभ्याम्with/through the two ‘edi’ (two powers/agents so named)

अहम्I

जितम्the conquered; the won (one)

अन्वेमिI follow; I pursue

सेनयाwith an army

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed in the Anukramaṇī to an Atharvan/Āṅgirasa seer for senā-karman contexts).

Devata: Arbudi and Nyarbudi (paired martial/protective powers); secondarily Indra as the paradigm of victory.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed meter; often treated as irregular triṣṭubh in this section).

Mantra Rasa

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