Mantra 13

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ तू सुशिप्र दंपते रथं तिष्ठा हिरण्ययम्। अध द्युक्षं सचेवहि सहस्रपादमरुषं स्वस्तिगामनेहसम्

IAST Transliteration

ā́ tú suśipra dampate ráthaṃ tiṣṭhā hiraṇyáyam | ádha dyukṣáṃ sacevahi sahásrapādam aruṣáṃ svastígāmanehasam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come now, fair-lipped lord of the house; mount the golden chariot. Then bring with thee the shining one—thousand-footed, ruddy—hastening hither for our welfare in the going.

Translation

تعالَ الآن، أيها ربُّ البيتِ ذو الشفتينِ الحَسَنتين؛ اصعدْ العربةَ الذهبية. ثم احملْ معك المتلألئ—ذو الألفِ قدمٍ، الأَحْمَرَ القاني—المسرعَ إلى هنا لسلامتنا في المسير.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तू: indeed; now
• तू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (निपात)

• सुशिप्र: O fair-jawed one
• सुशिप्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (voc.)
• Root: सु-शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक; शिप्र ‘jaw/cheek’)

• दम्पते: O lord of the house
• दम्पते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (voc.)
• Root: दम्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: अधikaraṇa (गन्तव्य/आरोहण-आधारः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिष्ठ: mount/stand (upon)
• तिष्ठ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था

• हिरण्ययम्: golden
• हिरण्ययम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य- ‘gold’)

• अध: then; thereafter
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (निपात)

• द्युक्षम्: shining; radiant
• द्युक्षम्: कर्म (सचेवहि इति क्रियायाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• सचेवहि: drive/bring along in company
• सचेवहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb (compound/causative-like sense in RV/AV usage)
• Root: सच् (सचते ‘to accompany, to be associated’) + वह् (वहति ‘to carry/drive’)

• सहस्रपादम्: thousand-footed
• सहस्रपादम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-पाद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुषम्: ruddy; tawny
• अरुषम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वस्तिगाम्: bringing welfare; auspicious-going
• स्वस्तिगाम्: कर्म/विशेष्य (सचेवहि इति; ‘स्वस्तिगाम्’ इति कर्मरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्ति-गा (प्रातिपदिक; गा ‘going’)

• अनेहसम्: unfailing; not lagging
• अनेहसम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेहस (प्रातिपदिक; अ-नेहस् ‘not sluggish/without delay’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn attribution (variable).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: RV-style meter (likely Triṣṭubh).

Mantra Rasa

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