Mantra 19

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्मचर्येण तपसा देवा मृत्युमपाघ्नत । इन्द्रो ह ब्रह्मचर्येण देवेभ्यः स्व१राभरत्

IAST Transliteration

brahmacaryéṇa tápasā devā́ mṛtyúm ápāghnata | índro ha brahmacaryéṇa devébhyaḥ svàr ā́bharat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By holy studentship, by fervent austerity, the Gods smote Death and drave him far away. Indra, in sooth, by studentship brought heaven’s light and won it for the Gods.

Translation

凭藉梵行与炽烈的苦行（tapas），诸天击败死亡，将其驱逐远去。因陀罗确然凭藉梵行，为诸神带来天界之光，并使之归于诸神。

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मचर्येण: by/through brahmacarya (religious studentship, continence)
• ब्रह्मचर्येण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपसा: by austerity, by ascetic heat
• तपसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपाघ्नत: they struck away, drove off
• अपाघ्नत: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + हन् (धातु)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed, surely (emphatic particle)
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• ब्रह्मचर्येण: by/through brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचर्येण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभ्यः: to/for the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven, the heavenly world
• स्वः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत् नाम)

• आभरत्: he brought, he carried (hither)
• आभरत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + भृ (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 11.5 brahmacarya cycle)

Devata: Brahmacarya/Tapas; also Indra and the Devas as exemplars

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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