Mantra 2

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ घा गमद् यदि श्रवत् सहस्रिणीभिरूतिभिः । वाजेभिरुप नो हवम्

IAST Transliteration

ā ghā́ gamad yádi śrávat sahasríṇībhir ūtíbhiḥ | vā́jebhir úpa no hávam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither, yea, let him come—if he but hear—with thousandfold succours; with winning strengths let him draw near unto our call.

Translation

Xin Ngài hãy đến—chỉ cần Ngài nghe—mang theo muôn ngàn sự hộ trợ. Với những sức mạnh đem lại chiến thắng, xin Ngài tiến gần lời khẩn cầu của chúng con.

Word by Word

आhither; towards (prefix ‘to/near’)

घindeed; surely (emphatic particle)

आhither; towards

गमत्let (him/it) come

यदिif

श्रवत्let (him/it) hear

सहस्रिणीभिःwith thousandfold (feminine) [supports]

ऊतिभिःwith helps; with protections

वाजेभिःwith prizes/strengths (vigor, winning powers)

उपnear; up to

नःof us; our / to us (contextually)

हवम्invocation; call

Attribution

Rishi: As in RV parallel tradition: attributed within Indra-hymn cycles (exact assignment varies by anukramaṇī for AV 20).

Devata: Indra (by RV correspondence of AV 20.26).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (by RV-style cadence; exact metrical tagging may vary).

Mantra Rasa

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