Mantra 12

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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

IAST Transliteration

úd yád bradhnásya viṣṭápaṃ gṛhám índraś ca gánvahi | mádhvaḥ pītvā sacevahi tríḥ saptá sakhyúḥ padé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When forth the bright One’s spacious realm, his dwelling, thou—O Indra—go and reach; and, having drunk the sweet, be joined in fellowship, in the Friend’s station, thrice sevenfold.

Translation

حينَ تَنْطَلِقُ—يا إِندْرَا—فَتَبْلُغُ مَمْلَكَةَ البَرَاقِ (بْرَدْهْنَا) الوَاسِعَةَ، مَسْكَنَهُ؛ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَشْرَبَ الحُلْوَ، فَالْتَحِقْ بِالأُلْفَةِ فِي مَوْضِعِ الصَّدِيقِ، ثَلَاثًا سَبْعِيًّا.

Word by Word

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

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

• ब्रध्नस्य: of the Bradhna (the tawny/sun-like one)
• ब्रध्नस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रध्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्टपम्: (heavenly) seat/abode, firm station
• 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 (निपात)

• गन्वहि: go, come (hither)!
• गन्वहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + नु (विकरण/प्रत्यय) → गन्व्

• मध्वः: of/from honey; of the sweet (soma)
• मध्वः: Apādāna (if abl.) / Sambandha (if gen.)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: —
• Type: Verbal derivative
• Root: पा (पिबति) (धातु)

• सचेवहि: associate (with us), be joined!
• सचेवहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु) / सच्- (सहचर्ये) + इव (वैदिक-प्रयोगः) + हि (निपात)

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिस् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• पदे: in/at the step, place, station
• पदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn tradition (AV 20).

Devata: Indra (in relation to a luminous ‘bradhna’ station)

Chandas: RV-style meter (likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh mixture).

Mantra Rasa

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