Mantra 1

Sukta 103

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षत्रियः। को अस्या नो द्रुहोऽवद्यवत्या उन्नेष्यति क्षत्रियो वस्य इच्छन्। को यज्ञकामः क उ पूर्तिकामः को देवेषु वनुते दीर्घमायुः

IAST Transliteration

kó asyā́ no druhó ’vadyávatyā únneṣyati kṣatríyo vásya ícchan | kó yajñákāmaḥ ká u pū́rtikāmaḥ kó devéṣu vanute dīrghám-ā́yuḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who shall deliver us from the hurt of her that is blame-laden—what Kṣatriya, seeking the better good? Who, fain for sacrifice, who indeed fain for pious ‘completions,’ who among the Gods wins length of life?

Translation

Ai sẽ đưa chúng ta thoát khỏi sự tổn hại của kẻ mang điều đáng chê trách ấy—một Kṣatriya nào, kẻ tìm cầu phúc thiện hơn? Ai khát khao tế lễ, ai thật sự khát khao sự viên mãn (pūrti)? Ai trong các thần linh giành được thọ mạng dài lâu?

Word by Word

क्षत्रियःthe Kṣatriya (royal/warrior)

कःwho?

अस्याःof this (woman/this one)

नःof us/our

द्रुहःinjuries/hostilities, treacheries

अवद्यवत्याःof the blameworthy/culpable (one)

उन्नेष्यतिwill lead up/out, will bring forth

क्षत्रियःthe Kṣatriya

वस्यःthe better (good thing), welfare

इच्छन्desiring

कःwho?

यज्ञकामःdesirous of sacrifice

कःwho?

उindeed, then

पूर्तिकामःdesirous of pūrti (domestic pious works/charitable rites)

कःwho?

देवेषुamong the gods

वनुतेwins, obtains

दीर्घम्long

आयुःlife, lifespan

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Kṣatriya/royal power; also the Gods collectively as granters of āyuṣ

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like cadence possible; exact meter requires full pada scansion (not supplied with accents for all syllables).

Mantra Rasa

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