Mantra 60

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

१८। १५ जितमस्माकमुद्भिन्नमस्माकमृतमस्माकं तेजोऽस्माकं ब्रह्मास्माकं स्वऽरस्माकं यज्ञो३ऽस्माकं पशवोऽस्माकं प्रजा अस्माकं वीरा अस्माकम्

IAST Transliteration

jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo ’smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàḥ ’smā́kaṃ yajñó ’smā́kaṃ paśávo ’smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Victory is ours; increase is ours; the Right is ours; ours is the splendor; ours the holy spell; ours is the heavenly good; ours the sacrifice; ours the cattle; ours the offspring; ours the heroes.

Translation

胜利归我等；兴盛归我等；正法（ṛta）归我等；光辉归我等；梵咒（brahman）归我等；天赐之善（svar）归我等；祭祀（yajña）归我等；牲畜归我等；子嗣归我等；勇士归我等。

Word by Word

जितम्won, conquered

अस्माकम्of us, our

उद्भिन्नम्split open, burst forth

अस्माकम्of us, our

ऋतम्cosmic order, truth

अस्माकम्of us, our

तेजःsplendour, power

अस्माकम्of us, our

ब्रह्मsacred power; prayer; brahman

अस्माकम्of us, our

स्वःheaven, the sky-world

अस्माकम्of us, our

यज्ञःsacrifice, ritual

अस्माकम्of us, our

पशवःcattle, livestock

अस्माकम्of us, our

प्रजाःoffspring, progeny

अस्माकम्of us, our

वीराःheroes, brave men

अस्माकम्of us, our

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Brahman/Tejas/R̥ta as abstract powers; communal ‘ours’ as the operative focus

Chandas: Anaphoric litany; meter not securely determinable from excerpt alone

Mantra Rasa

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