Mantra 6

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वावृधानस्य ते वयं विश्वा धनानि जिग्युषः । ऊतिमिन्द्रा वृणीमहे

IAST Transliteration

vā-vṛdhāná­sya te vayáṃ víśvā dhánāni jigyúṣaḥ | ūtím índrā́ vṛṇīmahe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We, as conquerors, would win all treasures of thee who waxest ever stronger; we choose, O Indra, thy succouring aid.

Translation

তোমাৰ বৃদ্ধি পোৱা শক্তিৰে, আমি জিগ্যুষ (বিজয়ী) হৈ তোমাৰ পৰা সকলো ধন-সম্পদ জয় কৰিব খোজোঁ। হে ইন্দ্ৰ, আমি তোমাৰ ঊতি—সহায়-ৰক্ষা—বাছি লওঁ।

Word by Word

• वावृधानस्य: of (you) who are growing/increasing; of the prospering one
• वावृधानस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation to ‘ते’/‘इन्द्र’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: वावृधान (√वृध् ‘वर्धने’ का क्त/शानच्-आधारित कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा √वृध् (वर्धने)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor: ‘of you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्-शब्द)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ (of जिग्युषः / वृणीमहे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: कर्म (with धनानि as object of ‘win’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (सर्व)

• धनानि: wealths, treasures
• धनानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिग्युषः: having won; victorious
• जिग्युषः: कर्तृ (वयम् के विशेषण: ‘we, having won’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: √जि (जये) → जिग्युष् (परिपूर्ण/परस्मैपदी-परफेक्ट/इच्छार्थक-आधारित कृदन्त ‘विजयी/जितवान्’)

• ऊतिम्: help, protection
• ऊतिम्: कर्म (वृणीमहे का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक; √अव्/√ऊ? ‘रक्षण/सहाय्य’ अर्थ-सम्बद्ध)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृणीमहे: we choose / we seek
• वृणीमहे: क्रिया (कर्तृ: वयम्; कर्म: ऊतिम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वरणे)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic attribution (Indra hymn tradition; AV 20 borrows RV material—specific r̥ṣi varies by RV source for this verse)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted in AV 20 collections; RV-derived cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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