Mantra 5

Sukta 57

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रियाणि शतक्रतो या ते जनेषु पञ्चसु । इन्द्र तानि त आ वृणे

IAST Transliteration

indriyā́ṇi śatakrato yā́ te jáneṣu pañcásu | índra tā́ni te ā́ vṛṇe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those Indra-powers of thine, O Hundred-powered, that are among the fivefold peoples—O Indra, those very powers I choose and claim as mine.

Translation

হে শতক্রতু ইন্দ্র! পাঁচ জনের (পাঁচ প্রকার প্রজার) মধ্যে যে তোমার ইন্দ্রিয়-শক্তিসমূহ আছে—হে ইন্দ্র, সেই শক্তিগুলিকেই আমি বেছে নিই, নিজের বলে গ্রহণ করি।

Word by Word

• इन्द्रियाणि: powers; faculties; senses
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतक्रतो: O hundred-powered (Indra)
• शतक्रतो: (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)

• या: which (those)
• या: Kartā (relative clause) / viśeṣaṇa of इन्द्रियाणि
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जनेषु: among peoples; among men
• जनेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• पञ्चसु: in/among the five
• पञ्चसु: Adhikaraṇa (qualifying जनेषु)
• Type: Numeral (adjectival)
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त: for you; to you
• त: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; unto (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वृणे: I choose; I select
• वृणे: Kartā (implicit ‘अहम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; ‘वरणे’)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic provenance; seer not determinable from provided excerpt alone.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-type; requires scansion.

Mantra Rasa

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