Mantra 5

Sukta 68

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत ब्रुवन्तु नो निदो निरन्यतश्चिदारत । दधाना इन्द्र इद् दुवः

IAST Transliteration

utá brúvantu no nído nír anyátas cid ārat | dádhānā índra íd dúvaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yea, let the revilers speak for us; let them, even from elsewhere, be driven forth. Indra himself, bestowing, (grants) the worship’s favour.

Translation

আর আমাদের পক্ষে নিন্দুকেরাও কথা বলুক; তারা অন্য কোথাও থেকে হলেও সেখান থেকেই তাড়িয়ে দেওয়া হোক। দুভঃ (পূজা-সেবা)-এর অনুগ্রহ দানকারী ইন্দ্র স্বয়ং (তা) প্রদান করুন।

Word by Word

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• ब्रुवन्तु: let them speak
• ब्रुवन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• नः: for us; of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (हित/लाभ-सम्बन्ध) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• निदः: slanderers; revilers
• निदः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद् (स्त्री/पुं प्रातिपदिक ‘निन्दा/निन्दक’)

• निरन्यतः: away from elsewhere; from another side
• निरन्यतः: अपादान
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निर् + अन्यतः

• चित्: even; indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• आरत: they have gone away; they departed
• आरत: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋ (धातु) / आ + ऋ

• दधानाः: placing; bestowing; holding
• दधानाः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: धा (धातु)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed; just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• दुवः: service; worship; homage
• दुवः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुवस् (नपुं/पुं प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तुति/सेवा/उपकार’)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Ṛgvedic attribution (Indra hymn material); in AV 20 treated as borrowed ṛc.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (ṛgvedic-style; AV 20 commonly preserves RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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