Mantra 5

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

४। १ जितमस्माकमुद्भिन्नमस्माकमृतमस्माकं तेजोऽस्माकं ब्रह्मास्माकं स्वऽरस्माकं यज्ञो३ऽस्माकं पशवोऽस्माकं प्रजा अस्माकं वीरा अस्माकम्

IAST Transliteration

jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam ṛtám asmā́kaṃ téjo ’smā́kaṃ bráhma asmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñó ’smā́kaṃ paśávo ’smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Victory is ours; forth-bursting fortune ours; the Right is ours; ours is the might; ours is the holy spell; ours is the heaven-light; ours is the sacrifice; ours are the cattle; ours the offspring; ours the heroes, ours.

Translation

胜利属我等；迸发之福运属我等；正法（ṛta）属我等；威力属我等；梵咒（brahman）属我等；天光属我等；祭祀属我等；牲畜属我等；子嗣属我等；勇士属我等，皆属我等。

Word by Word

• जितम्: victory; what is won
• जितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used substantively)
• Root: √जि (जये) / प्रातिपदिक: जित-

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• उद्भिन्नम्: broken open; burst forth
• उद्भिन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (PPP used substantively)
• Root: उद् + √भिद् (भेदने) / प्रातिपदिक: उद्भिन्न-

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ऋतम्: cosmic order; truth
• ऋतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तेजः: splendour; vigor
• तेजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ब्रह्म: sacred power; prayer; brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्वः: heaven; the celestial world
• स्वः: Karma
• Type: Noun (Vedic: ‘heaven’)
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पशवः: cattle; livestock
• पशवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रजाः: offspring; subjects
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वीराः: heroes; brave men
• वीराः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

Attribution

Rishi: Requires anukramaṇī confirmation for AVŚ 16.8.

Devata: Collective ‘ours’ (asmā́kam) as performative claim; abstract goods (ṛta, brahman, yajña) personified as possessions.

Chandas: Likely non-classical/irregular; needs metrical verification against padapāṭha and full context.

Mantra Rasa

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