Mantra 21

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुनरेहि वृषाकपे सुविता कल्पयावहै । य एष स्वप्ननंशनोऽस्तमेषि पथा पुनर्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः

IAST Transliteration

púnar ehi vṛṣākape suvítā kalpayāvahai | yá eṣá svápnanaṃśano’stám éṣi pathā́ púnar víśvasmā́d índra úttaraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come back again, O Vṛṣākapi; let us set in order safe-going and good success. Thou who art this dispeller of dream and sleep, thou goest home again by the path: from all men, O Indra, thou art the higher.

Translation

عُدْ ثانيةً، يا ڤṛṣākapi؛ لِنُهَيِّئْ معًا سُبُلَ السَّلامةِ وحُسْنَ الظَّفَر. أنتَ هذا المُبَدِّدُ للأحلامِ والنُّعاس، تمضي إلى مَأواكَ ثانيةً في ذلك السَّبيل؛ ومن بينِ جميعِ الناس، يا إندرا، أنتَ الأسمى.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikaraṇa (काल/पुनरावृत्ति-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनर् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• एहि: come!
• एहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• वृषाकपे: O Vṛṣākapi (epithet/name)
• वृषाकपे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: वृषाकपि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुविता: good guidance / good leading
• सुविता: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुविता (प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पयावहै: let us two arrange/prepare
• कल्पयावहै: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप्/कल्प् (धातु; causative stem कल्पय-)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Kartā (यः-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वप्ननंशानः: the destroyer/dispeller of sleep (or dream)
• स्वप्ननंशानः: Kartā (एषः-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: स्वप्न-नंशान (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)

• अस्तम्: to the setting (west), home
• अस्तम्: Adhikaraṇa (गति-लक्ष्य/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्तम् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘अस्त’ = home/down)

• एषि: you go
• एषि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• पथा: by the path
• पथा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikaraṇa (पुनरावृत्ति-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनर् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वस्मात्: from all (from everything)
• विश्वस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective/Substantive
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• उत्तरः: higher; superior; later/upper
• उत्तरः: Kartā (इन्द्रः-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra/Vṛṣākapi cycle (RV-derived)

Devata: Vṛṣākapi / Indra (as superior protector)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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