Mantra 4

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद् यद् ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपं गृहमिन्द्रश्च गन्वहि । मध्वः पीत्वा सचेवहि त्रिः सप्त सख्युः पदे

IAST Transliteration

úd yád bradhnásya viṣṭápaṃ gr̥hám índraś ca gánvahi | mádhvaḥ pītvā́ sacevahi tríḥ saptá sakhyúḥ padé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When upward to the Ruddy One’s high station, to his dwelling, may we—and Indra—attain; having drunk of sweetness, may we be joined in fellowship, in the thrice-sevenfold place of friendship.

Translation

حين نصعد إلى مقامِ الأَحْمَرِ العالي، إلى مسكنه، فَلْنَبْلُغْهُ نحنُ—وإِندرا؛ وبعد أن نشربَ من الحلاوة، فَلْنَتَّحِدْ في صُحْبَةٍ، في موضعِ الصداقةِ ذي الثلاثِ مرّاتٍ سبعًا.

Word by Word

• उद्: up, forth
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) / उत्

• यत्: which; that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रध्नस्य: of the ruddy one / of the Sun (Bradhna)
• ब्रध्नस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रध्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्टपम्: (heavenly) seat; firm support; world/region
• विष्टपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहम्: house; dwelling
• गृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गन्वहि: go (you two); proceed
• गन्वहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + नु (विकरण/प्रत्यय) → गन्व्

• मध्वः: of honey; of sweetness (Soma’s sweetness)
• मध्वः: Apādāna/Source (ablatival-genitive sense) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• सचेवहि: associate (you two); be together
• सचेवहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु) / सच्- (समवाय/सहचर्ये)

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिस्

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: —
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• सख्युः: of the friend/companion
• सख्युः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पदे: in the step/footprint; in the place
• पदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (AV 20 compilation); seer as in RV source

Devata: Indra (with bradhna/solar-luminous realm as contextual divinity)

Chandas: Jagatī or mixed RV meter (longer pādas; AV 20 preserves RV metrical form)

Mantra Rasa

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