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Manyu Suktam means: Hymn to Manyu, the personification of divine wrath, associated with Lord Shiva.
Lord Shiva is one of the principal deities in Hinduism, known as the destroyer and transformer within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity that includes Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu. He is revered for his role in the cycle of creation, preservation, and dissolution. Lord Shiva is also associated with asceticism, meditation, and the power to overcome evil and ignorance.
The Manyu Suktam is a hymn that addresses Manyu, who is understood as a form of divine anger or wrath, often associated with Lord Shiva. The verses invoke Manyu as a powerful force that can be harnessed to overcome adversaries and obstacles. The hymn begins by acknowledging Manyu's strength and his role in supporting the universe with his might. It calls upon Manyu to aid in the battle against enemies, both external and internal, and to grant strength and victory. The hymn identifies Manyu with various deities, including Lord Indra and Lord Varuna, highlighting his divine nature and multifaceted power. It seeks protection and success through the divine wrath of Manyu, urging him to annihilate foes and bring prosperity. The verses emphasize the importance of divine support in achieving triumph and securing wealth and well-being. The hymn concludes with a plea for the enemies to be subdued and for the devotees to be blessed with courage and abundance, underscoring the protective and benevolent aspects of Manyu when invoked with devotion.
यस्ते᳚ म॒न्यो-ऽवि॑धद् वज्र सायक॒ सह॒ ओजः॑ पुष्यति॒ विश्व॑मानु॒षक् ।
सा॒ह्याम॒ दास॒मार्य॒-न्त्वया᳚ यु॒जा सह॑स्कृतेन॒ सह॑सा॒ सह॑स्वता ॥ 1 ॥
yastē̎ ma̠nyō-'vi̍dhad vajra sāyaka̠ saha̠ ōja̍ḥ puṣyati̠ viśva̍mānu̠ṣak ।
sā̠hyāma̠ dāsa̠mārya̠-ntvayā̎ yu̠jā saha̍skṛtēna̠ saha̍sā̠ saha̍svatā ॥ 1 ॥
yaste manyo-'vidhad vajra saayaka saha ojah pushyati vishvamaanushak ।
saahyaama daasamaarya-ntvayaa yujaa sahaskritena sahasaa sahasvataa ॥ 1 ॥
म॒न्युरिन्द्रो᳚ म॒न्युरे॒वास॑ दे॒वो म॒न्युर् होता॒ वरु॑णो जा॒तवे᳚दाः ।
म॒न्युं-विँश॑ ईलते॒ मानु॑षी॒र्याः पा॒हि नो᳚ मन्यो॒ तप॑सा स॒जोषाः᳚ ॥ 2 ॥
ma̠nyurindrō̎ ma̠nyurē̠vāsa̍ dē̠vō ma̠nyur hōtā̠ varu̍ṇō jā̠tavē̎dāḥ ।
ma̠nyuṃ viśa̍ īḻatē̠ mānu̍ṣī̠ryāḥ pā̠hi nō̎ manyō̠ tapa̍sā sa̠jōṣā̎ḥ ॥ 2 ॥
manyurindro manyurevaasa devo manyur hotaa varuno jaatavedaah ।
manyum visha iilate maanushiiryaah paahi no manyo tapasaa sajoshaah ॥ 2 ॥
अ॒भी᳚हि मन्यो त॒वस॒स्तवी᳚या॒-न्तप॑सा यु॒जा वि ज॑हि शत्रू᳚न् ।
अ॒मि॒त्र॒हा वृ॑त्र॒हा द॑स्यु॒हा च॒ विश्वा॒ वसू॒न्या भ॑रा॒ त्व-न्नः॑ ॥ 3 ॥
a̠bhī̎hi manyō ta̠vasa̠stavī̎yā̠-ntapa̍sā yu̠jā vi ja̍hi śatrū̎n ।
a̠mi̠tra̠hā vṛ̍tra̠hā da̍syu̠hā cha̠ viśvā̠ vasū̠nyā bha̍rā̠ tva-nna̍ḥ ॥ 3 ॥
abhiihi manyo tavasastaviiyaa-ntapasaa yujaa vi jahi shatruun ।
amitrahaa vritrahaa dasyuhaa cha vishvaa vasuunyaa bharaa tva-nnah ॥ 3 ॥
त्वं हि म᳚न्यो अ॒भिभू᳚त्योजा-स्स्वय॒म्भूर्भामो᳚ अभिमातिषा॒हः ।
वि॒श्वच॑र्-षणि॒-स्सहु॑रि॒-स्सहा᳚वान॒स्मास्वोजः॒ पृत॑नासु धेहि ॥ 4 ॥
tvaṃ hi ma̎nyō a̠bhibhū̎tyōjā-ssvaya̠mbhūrbhāmō̎ abhimātiṣā̠haḥ ।
vi̠śvacha̍r-ṣaṇi̠-ssahu̍ri̠-ssahā̎vāna̠smāsvōja̠ḥ pṛta̍nāsu dhēhi ॥ 4 ॥
tvam hi manyo abhibhuutyojaa-ssvayambhuurbhaamo abhimaatishaahah ।
vishvachar-shani-ssahuri-ssahaavaanasmaasvojah pritanaasu dhehi ॥ 4 ॥
अ॒भा॒ग-स्सन्नप॒ परे᳚तो अस्मि॒ तव॒ क्रत्वा᳚ तवि॒षस्य॑ प्रचेतः ।
त-न्त्वा᳚ मन्यो अक्र॒तुर्जि॑हीला॒हं स्वात॒नूर्ब॑ल॒देया᳚य॒ मेहि॑ ॥ 5 ॥
a̠bhā̠ga-ssannapa̠ parē̎tō asmi̠ tava̠ kratvā̎ tavi̠ṣasya̍ prachētaḥ ।
ta-ntvā̎ manyō akra̠turji̍hīḻā̠haṃ svāta̠nūrba̍la̠dēyā̎ya̠ mēhi̍ ॥ 5 ॥
abhaaga-ssannapa pareto asmi tava kratvaa tavishasya prachetah ।
ta-ntvaa manyo akraturjihiilaaham svaatanuurbaladeyaaya mehi ॥ 5 ॥
अ॒य-न्ते᳚ अ॒स्म्युप॒ मेह्य॒र्वाङ् प्र॑तीची॒न-स्स॑हुरे विश्वधायः ।
मन्यो᳚ वज्रिन्न॒भि मामा व॑वृत्स्वहना᳚व॒ दस्यू᳚न् ऋ॒त बो᳚ध्या॒पेः ॥ 6 ॥
a̠ya-ntē̎ a̠smyupa̠ mēhya̠rvāṅ pra̍tīchī̠na-ssa̍hurē viśvadhāyaḥ ।
manyō̎ vajrinna̠bhi māmā va̍vṛtsvahanā̎va̠ dasyū̎n ṛ̠ta bō̎dhyā̠pēḥ ॥ 6 ॥
aya-nte asmyupa mehyarvaan pratiichiina-ssahure vishvadhaayah ।
manyo vajrinnabhi maamaa vavritsvahanaava dasyuun rita bodhyaapeh ॥ 6 ॥
अ॒भि प्रेहि॑ दक्षिण॒तो भ॑वा॒ मे-ऽधा᳚ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जङ्घनाव॒ भूरि॑ ।
जु॒होमि॑ ते ध॒रुण॒-म्मध्वो॒ अग्र॑मुभा उ॑पां॒शु प्र॑थ॒मा पि॑बाव ॥ 7 ॥
a̠bhi prēhi̍ dakṣiṇa̠tō bha̍vā̠ mē-'dhā̎ vṛ̠trāṇi̍ jaṅghanāva̠ bhūri̍ ।
ju̠hōmi̍ tē dha̠ruṇa̠-mmadhvō̠ agra̍mubhā u̍pā̠ṃśu pra̍tha̠mā pi̍bāva ॥ 7 ॥
abhi prehi dakshinato bhavaa me-'dhaa vritraani janghanaava bhuuri ।
juhomi te dharuna-mmadhvo agramubhaa upaamshu prathamaa pibaava ॥ 7 ॥
त्वया᳚ मन्यो स॒रथ॑मारु॒जन्तो॒ हर्ष॑माणासो धृषि॒ता म॑रुत्वः ।
ति॒ग्मेष॑व॒ आयु॑धा सं॒शिशा᳚ना अ॒भि प्रय᳚न्तु॒ नरो᳚ अ॒ग्निरू᳚पाः ॥ 8 ॥
tvayā̎ manyō sa̠ratha̍māru̠jantō̠ harṣa̍māṇāsō dhṛṣi̠tā ma̍rutvaḥ ।
ti̠gmēṣa̍va̠ āyu̍dhā sa̠ṃśiśā̎nā a̠bhi praya̎mtu̠ narō̎ a̠gnirū̎pāḥ ॥ 8 ॥
tvayaa manyo sarathamaarujanto harshamaanaaso dhrishitaa marutvah ।
tigmeshava aayudhaa samshishaanaa abhi prayamtu naro agniruupaah ॥ 8 ॥
अ॒ग्निरि॑व मन्यो त्विषि॒त-स्स॑हस्व सेना॒नीर्नः॑ सहुरे हू॒त ए᳚धि ।
ह॒त्वाय॒ शत्रू॒न् वि भ॑जस्व॒ वेद॒ ओजो॒ मिमा᳚नो॒ विमृधो᳚ नुदस्व ॥ 9 ॥
a̠gniri̍va manyō tviṣi̠ta-ssa̍hasva sēnā̠nīrna̍-ssahurē hū̠ta ē̎dhi ।
ha̠tvāya̠ śatrū̠n vi bha̍jasva̠ vēda̠ ōjō̠ mimā̎nō̠ vimṛdhō̎ nudasva ॥ 9 ॥
agniriva manyo tvishita-ssahasva senaaniirna-ssahure huuta edhi ।
hatvaaya shatruun vi bhajasva veda ojo mimaano vimridho nudasva ॥ 9 ॥
सह॑स्व मन्यो अ॒भिमा᳚तिम॒स्मे रु॒ज-न्मृ॒ण-न्प्र॑मृ॒ण-न्प्रेहि॒ शत्रू᳚न् ।
उ॒ग्र-न्ते॒ पाजो᳚ न॒न्वा रु॑रुध्रे व॒शी वश᳚-न्नयस एकज॒ त्वम् ॥ 10 ॥
saha̍sva manyō a̠bhimā̎tima̠smē ru̠ja-nmṛ̠ṇa-npra̍mṛ̠ṇa-nprēhi̠ śatrū̎n ।
u̠gra-ntē̠ pājō̎ na̠nvā ru̍rudhrē va̠śī vaśa̎-nnayasa ēkaja̠ tvam ॥ 10 ॥
sahasva manyo abhimaatimasme ruja-nmrina-npramrina-nprehi shatruun ।
ugra-nte paajo nanvaa rurudhre vashii vasha-nnayasa ekaja tvam ॥ 10 ॥
एको᳚ बहू॒नाम॑सि मन्यवीलि॒तो विशं᳚विँशं-युँ॒धये॒ सं शि॑शाधि ।
अकृ॑त्तरु॒-क्त्वया᳚ यु॒जा व॒य-न्द्यु॒मन्त॒-ङ्घोषं᳚-विँज॒याय॑ कृण्महे ॥ 11
ēkō̎ bahū̠nāma̍si manyavīḻi̠tō viśa̎mviśaṃ yu̠dhayē̠ saṃ śi̍śādhi ।
akṛ̍ttaru̠-ktvayā̎ yu̠jā va̠ya-ndyu̠manta̠-ṅghōṣa̎ṃ vija̠yāya̍ kṛṇmahē ॥ 11 ॥
eko bahuunaamasi manyaviilito vishamvisham yudhaye sam shishaadhi ।
akrittaru-ktvayaa yujaa vaya-ndyumanta-nghosham vijayaaya krinmahe ॥ 11 ॥
वि॒जे॒ष॒कृदिन्द्र॑ इवानवब्र॒वो॒(ओ)3॑-ऽस्माक᳚-म्मन्यो अधि॒पा भ॑वे॒ह 3
प्रि॒य-न्ते॒ नाम॑ सहुरे गृणीमसि वि॒द्मातमुत्सं॒-यँत॑ आब॒भूथ॑ ॥ 12 ॥
vi̠jē̠ṣa̠kṛdindra̍ ivānavabra̠vō̠(ō)3̍-'smāka̎-mmanyō adhi̠pā bha̍vē̠ha 3
pri̠ya-ntē̠ nāma̍ sahurē gṛṇīmasi vi̠dmātamutsa̠ṃ yata̍ āba̠bhūtha̍ ॥ 12 ॥
vijeshakridindra ivaanavabravo(o)3-'smaaka-mmanyo adhipaa bhaveha 3
priya-nte naama sahure griniimasi vidmaatamutsam yata aababhuutha ॥ 12 ॥
आभू᳚त्या सह॒जा व॑ज्र सायक॒ सहो᳚ बिभर्ष्यभिभूत॒ उत्त॑रम् ।
क्रत्वा᳚ नो मन्यो स॒हमे॒द्ये᳚धि महाध॒नस्य॑ पुरुहूत सं॒सृजि॑ ॥ 13 ॥
ābhū̎tyā saha̠jā va̍jra sāyaka̠ sahō̎ bibharṣyabhibhūta̠ utta̍ram ।
kratvā̎ nō manyō sa̠hamē̠dyē̎dhi mahādha̠nasya̍ puruhūta sa̠ṃsṛji̍ ॥ 13 ॥
aabhuutyaa sahajaa vajra saayaka saho bibharshyabhibhuuta uttaram ।
kratvaa no manyo sahamedyedhi mahaadhanasya puruhuuta samsriji ॥ 13 ॥
संसृ॑ष्ट॒-न्धन॑मु॒भयं᳚ स॒माकृ॑तम॒स्मभ्य᳚-न्दत्तां॒-वँरु॑णश्च म॒न्युः ।
भिय॒-न्दधा᳚ना॒ हृद॑येषु॒ शत्र॑वः॒ परा᳚जितासो॒ अप॒ निल॑यन्ताम् ॥ 14 ॥
saṃsṛ̍ṣṭa̠-ndhana̍mu̠bhaya̎ṃ sa̠mākṛ̍tama̠smabhya̎-ndattā̠ṃ varu̍ṇaścha ma̠nyuḥ ।
bhiya̠-ndadhā̎nā̠ hṛda̍yēṣu̠ śatra̍va̠ḥ parā̎jitāsō̠ apa̠ nila̍yantām ॥ 14 ॥
samsrishta-ndhanamubhayam samaakritamasmabhya-ndattaam varunashcha manyuh ।
bhiya-ndadhaanaa hridayeshu shatravah paraajitaaso apa nilayantaam ॥ 14 ॥