Mantra 6

Sukta 68

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत नः सुभगां अरिर्वोचेयुर्दस्म कृष्टयः । स्यामेदिन्द्रस्य शर्मणि

IAST Transliteration

utá naḥ subhágām arír vóceyur dasma kṛ́ṣṭayaḥ | syā́méd índrasya śármaṇi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

And may the rival call us fortunate; may the peoples, O wondrous (Indra), so speak. May we indeed abide within Indra’s shelter.

Translation

আর আমাদের প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী আমাদের সৌভাগ্যবান বলুক; হে আশ্চর্য (ইন্দ্র), জনগণও তেমনই বলুক। আমরা নিশ্চয়ই ইন্দ্রের শর্মণি—শরণ-আশ্রয়ে বাস করি।

Word by Word

• उत: and; also; moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सुभगाम्: the fortunate (woman); auspicious one
• सुभगाम्: कर्म (object) / विधेय-विशेष्य (the one spoken of)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-भग (प्रातिपदिक: सुभगा)

• अरिः: enemy; rival
• अरिः: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वोचेयुः: may (they) speak; may (they) call
• वोचेयुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्

• दस्म: O wondrous one (epithet)
• दस्म: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: दस्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृष्टयः: peoples; communities; men
• कृष्टयः: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्मणि: in (his) shelter; in protection; in comfort
• शर्मणि: अधिकरण (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic attribution (borrowed into AV 20)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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