
Sukta 10.166
Late/anonymous (Mandala 10; self-affirmation/competitive charm style).
Implicitly Indra-like force of victory; the addressed power is the victorious divine energy invoked for the speaker (no single devatā named in the verse).
Anuṣṭubh-like cadence is possible in such charm verses; exact meter requires scan (Mandala 10 includes mixed meters).
这首短颂是一则竞胜与自我肯定的咒辞,祈求在对手之上取得优势:在同侪中成为“雄牛”,击败仇敌,掌持富足与地位。它以近似因陀罗式的胜利语汇为基调,并明确呼请语主(Vācaspati,言语之主)约束对方的言辞;末尾以鲜明意象收束:竞争者被迫在下方叫喊,如同青蛙自水中冒起般发声。
Mantra 1
ऋषभं मा समानानां सपत्नानां विषासहिम् । हन्तारं शत्रूणां कृधि विराजं गोपतिं गवाम् ॥
使我在同侪之中为雄牛(ṛṣabha),能压伏诸敌对者;使我为击灭仇寇之人,具王者之辉(virāj),为光辉之牛群(gāvaḥ)之守护主(gopati),为丰盈之主宰。
Mantra 2
अहमस्मि सपत्नहेन्द्र इवारिष्टो अक्षतः । अधः सपत्ना मे पदोरिमे सर्वे अभिष्ठिताः ॥
我乃诛灭对敌者之人,如因陀罗(Indra)一般——不受伤害,不被折断。诸对敌者尽在我双足之下;这一切都被践踏、被压制而钉住。
Mantra 3
अत्रैव वोऽपि नह्याम्युभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया । वाचस्पते नि षेधेमान्यथा मदधरं वदान् ॥
就在此处,我将你们牢牢系缚,如以弓弦系住两端。言语之主(Vācaspati)啊,请制止这些,使他们在我之下发言——不再凌驾于我的真实之上。
Mantra 4
अभिभूरहमागमं विश्वकर्मेण धाम्ना । आ वश्चित्तमा वो व्रतमा वोऽहं समितिं ददे ॥
我以胜服者之姿而来,凭全工之神(Viśvakarman)的威力与圣域。我要摄持你们的心念,我要摄持你们的行持之律;我——正是我——使你们的集会归于我的统摄。
Mantra 5
योगक्षेमं व आदायाहं भूयासमुत्तम आ वो मूर्धानमक्रमीम् । अधस्पदान्म उद्वदत मण्डूका इवोदकान्मण्डूका उदकादिव ॥
我取你们的得益与安稳(yoga-kṣema)归于自身,愿我成为至上。我已踏上你们的头顶。自我足下之处呼号吧——如蛙自水中呼鸣,如蛙从水里跃起。
It is a short hymn-charm asking for superiority over rivals—victory, authority, and protected prosperity—especially through control of speech and public standing.
Because the hymn treats speech as a decisive power in rivalry. Vācaspati is asked to restrain opponents’ words so the speaker’s truth and status remain above others.
It is a vivid metaphor of rivals forced to cry out from below, as frogs rise and croak from water—signaling the speaker’s achieved dominance and the opponents’ reduced position.
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