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Mantra 1

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहमिद्धि पितुष्परि मेधामृतस्य जग्रभ । अहं सूर्य इवाजनि

IAST Transliteration

ahám íd dhi pitúṣ pári medhā́m ṛtásya jagrábha | aháṁ sū́rya ivaājani

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I verily, even from the Father, have taken to me the wisdom of Order; I, like the Sun, have been brought to birth.

Translation

আমি সত্যই, পিতার কাছ থেকেও, ঋত (ঋতস্য)—ধর্ম-ব্যবস্থার—মেধা গ্রহণ করেছি; আমি সূর্যের ন্যায় জন্ম লাভ করেছি।

Word by Word

अहम्I

इद्धिindeed, surely

पितुःof (my/the) father

परिfrom, around; (here) from

मेधाम्wisdom, intelligence

ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)

जग्रभhas seized/taken/received

अहम्I

सूर्यःthe Sun

इवlike, as

अजनिwas born, came into being

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic self-laudatory/ṛṣi-voice tradition (borrowed into AV 20); specific r̥ṣi depends on RV source.

Devata: Medhā / Ṛta / Sūrya (concept-deity complex; primary tone is self-empowerment under ṛta)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like brevity with RV stylistics (exact scan depends on RV original).

Mantra Rasa

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