Mantra 3

Sukta 94

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एन्द्रवाहो नृपतिं वज्रबाहुमुग्रमुग्रासस्तविषास एनम्। प्रत्वक्षसं वृषभं सत्यशुष्ममेमस्मत्रा सधमादो वहन्तु

IAST Transliteration

éndravāho nṛpátiṃ vájrabāhum ugrám ugrā́sas tavíṣāsa enam | pratvakṣásaṃ vṛṣabháṃ satyáśuṣmam imám asmatrā́ sadhámādo vahantu |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Indra-bearers—fierce and strong—bear hither to our side this lord of men, the thunderbolt-armed, the fierce; him waxing strong, the Bull of true might: let the fellow-rejoicers convey him.

Translation

يا حَمَلَةَ إندرا—يا أشدّاءَ أقوياء—احملوا إلينا وإلى جانبِنا هذا سيِّدَ الرجالِ، ذا الذراعِ الحاملةِ للوَجْرَا، العنيفَ المهيب؛ ذاك الذي يزدادُ قوّةً، الثورَ ذا البأسِ الصادق. ولْيَحْمِلْهُ رُفَقاءُ الابتهاجِ (سَدْهامادَه).

Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• इन्द्रवाहः: Indra-borne / having Indra as (its) bearer
• इन्द्रवाहः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र-वाह (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र + वाह ‘carrying’)

• नृपतिम्: the lord of men, king
• नृपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रबाहुम्: having the thunderbolt as arm / thunder-armed
• वज्रबाहुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्र-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रम्: fierce, mighty
• उग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रासः: the fierce ones
• उग्रासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तविषासः: the strong ones / powers
• तविषासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तविष (प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• त्वक्षसम्: vigorous, strong-bodied (lit. having firm ‘skin/covering’)
• त्वक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभम्: bull; (fig.) the pre-eminent one
• वृषभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्यशुष्मम्: whose might is true / truly powerful
• सत्यशुष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक; सत्य + शुष्म)

• इमम्: this (one), him here
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मत्रा: hither to us; in our direction
• अस्मत्रा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्मद् + -त्रा (अव्यय-निर्माण)

• सधमादः: companions at the common feast/pressing; fellow-revellers
• सधमादः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सधमाद (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्तु: let them carry/bring
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra hymn material)

Devata: Indra (and his bearers/teams as subsidiary agents)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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