Rig Veda 10.96.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 96, Mantra 1

Sukta 10.96

Rishi: Not specified in provided text; hymn RV 10.96 is an Indra-stuti (late maṇḍala).

Devata: Indra (with Harī, his twin steeds as powers of dynamism).

Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (needs metrical verification per pada count; late hymns often vary).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते महे विदथे शंसिषं हरी प्र ते वन्वे वनुषो हर्यतं मदम् । घृतं न यो हरिभिश्चारु सेचत आ त्वा विशन्तु हरिवर्पसं गिरः ॥

Transliteration

prá te mahé vidáthe śaṁsiṣaṁ hárī prá te vanve vánuṣo haryatáṁ mádam | ghṛtáṁ na yó háribhiś cā́ru sécatā́ tvā viśantu hári-varpasaṁ gíraḥ ||

Translation

لكَ، أيها العظيم، في مجلسِ الـvidatha أُنشِدُ الثناء؛ ولكَ أظفرُ بـmadhu—نشوةٍ مرغوبةٍ للنفسِ المجاهدة. وكما يُسكَبُ السَّمْنُ المُصفّى سكبًا جميلًا بقوى الـHarī، كذلك فلتدخلْكَ كلماتي، يا ذا الهيئةِ المتلألئةِ بالذهب.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad- (युष्मद्)

• महे: to the great (one)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: mah- (महत्)

• विदथे: in the rite/assembly (vidatha)
• विदथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidathá-

• शंसिषम्: I desire to praise
• शंसिषम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस् (śaṃs) → शंसिṣ- (desiderative stem)

• हरी: the two bay horses
• हरी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: harí-

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad- (युष्मद्)

• वन्वे: I seek/win (for myself), I strive for
• वन्वे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन् (van) / √वन्व् (vanv) (Vedic)

• वनुषः: of the seeker/wooer (vanuṣa)
• वनुषः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: vanuṣá-

• हर्यतम्: delightful, to-be-enjoyed
• हर्यतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haryatá-

• मदम्: intoxication/rapture (soma-joy)
• मदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: madá-

• घृतम्: ghee, clarified butter
• घृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛtá-

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: yá-

• हरिभिः: with the bay horses
• हरिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: harí-

• चारु: beautiful, pleasing
• चारु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cā́ru-

• सेचत: poured/sprinkled
• सेचत: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (sic)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad- (युष्मद्)

• विशन्तु: let (them) enter
• विशन्तु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (viś)

• हरिवर्पसम्: having tawny/bay appearance, of golden form
• हरिवर्पसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi)
• Root: hari-varpas-

• गिरः: songs, hymns
• गिरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: gír-