Mantra 21

Sukta 93

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 svastígāmanehásam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come thou, fair-lipped, O Lord of the house; ascend the golden car. Then bring with thee the radiant power, thousand-footed, ruddy, hither-hastening, that goeth forth for our welfare.

Translation

تعالَ، أيها الجميلُ الشفتين، يا ربَّ البيت؛ اصعدْ إلى المركبةِ الذهبية. ثم اجلبْ معك القدرةَ المتألّقة—ذاتَ الألفِ قدم، الحمراءَ، المسرعةَ إلى ههنا—المنطلقةَ لخيرِنا وسلامتِنا.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards (as a preverb: ‘come/bring here’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• तू: indeed; just; now (emphasis)
• तू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तू (निपात) / tū (particle)

• सुशिप्र: O fair-lipped / O of beautiful jaws (epithet)
• सुशिप्र: सम्बोधन (address) / vocative
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सु-शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक) / su-śipra

• दम्पते: O lord of the house; O master
• दम्पते: सम्बोधन (address) / vocative
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: दम्पति (प्रातिपदिक) / dampati

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: कर्म (object) / Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक) / ratha

• तिष्ठ: mount; stand; take your place
• तिष्ठ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) / √sthā

• हिरण्ययम्: golden
• हिरण्ययम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक) / hiraṇyaya

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

• द्युक्षम्: shining; radiant
• द्युक्षम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) / dyukṣa

• सचेवहि: convey/bring along in companionship; drive together (with it)
• सचेवहि: —
• Type: Verb (compound verbal form)
• Root: सच् (धातु) + वह् (धातु) / √sac + √vah

• सहस्रपादम्: thousand-footed (very many-footed)
• सहस्रपादम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-पाद (प्रातिपदिक) / sahasra-pāda

• अरुषम्: ruddy; tawny
• अरुषम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुष (प्रातिपदिक) / aruṣa

• स्वस्तिगाम्: bringing welfare; auspicious-going
• स्वस्तिगाम्: कर्म (object/qualifier) / Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्ति-गा (प्रातिपदिक) / svasti-gā

• अनेहसम्: unfailing; not sluggish; unhindered
• अनेहसम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेहस (प्रातिपदिक) / anehasa

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (source dependent)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (RV reuse)

Mantra Rasa

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