Mantra 7

Sukta 68

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एमाशुमाशवे भर यज्ञश्रियं नृमादनम्। पतयन्मन्दयत्सखम्

IAST Transliteration

emá āśúm āśáve bhara yajñaśríyaṃ nṛmā́danam | patáyan mandáyat sakhám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither—bring the Swift unto the swift: the sacrifice’s splendour, the gladdening of men; flying on, the exhilarating Friend.

Translation

إلى هنا—هاتِ السريعَ إلى السريع: بهاءَ القربان (yajña-śrī)، مُفرِحَ الناس؛ مُحلِّقًا ماضيًا، الصديقَ المُنشِّط.

Word by Word

• ए: these (two)
• ए: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: (particle; often with imperatives)
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय) / मा (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) — here: particle

• आशुम्: swift
• आशुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आशवे: for the swift one
• आशवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (substantivized) / Noun-use
• Root: आशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• भर: bring! / bear!
• भर: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• यज्ञश्रियम्: the splendor/prosperity of the sacrifice
• यज्ञश्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञश्री (समास-प्रातिपदिक: यज्ञ + श्री)

• नृमादनम्: man-gladdening (thing)
• नृमादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: नृमादन (समास-प्रातिपदिक: नृ + मादन)

• पतयन्: flying / rushing
• पतयन्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √पत् (गतौ/पतने) → पतयत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त) रूपम्

• मन्दयत्: gladdening / delighting
• मन्दयत्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √मन्द्/मद् (हर्षे/प्रमोदे) → मन्दयत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त) रूपम्

• सखम्: a friend
• सखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic attribution (borrowed into AV 20)

Devata: Indra (as sakhā; allied power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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