Mantra 11

Sukta 71

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं चोदय चित्रमर्वाग् राध इन्द्र वरेण्यम्। असदित् ते विभु प्रभु

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ codaya citrám arvā́g rā́dha índra váreṇyam | ásad ít te vibhú prabhú

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Urge hither, O Indra, thy splendid bounty, choice and to be chosen; yea, let it verily come to pass—thou, the all-ruling, the effectual lord.

Translation

হে ইন্দ্র, তোমার বিচিত্র, শ্রেষ্ঠ, বরণীয় (এবং বরণ করার যোগ্য) দান এখানে প্রেরিত করো; তা যেন নিশ্চয়ই সিদ্ধ হয়—তুমি সর্বব্যাপী, সক্ষম প্রভু।

Word by Word

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• चोदय: impel; urge
• चोदय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद् (प्रेरणे)

• चित्रम्: bright; wondrous
• चित्रम्: Karma (विशेष्ये राधसि) / or Karma (as object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्वाक्: hither; toward us
• अर्वाक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्वाक् (अव्यय/दिक्शब्द)

• राधः: bounty; gift; wealth
• राधः: Karma (चोदय इत्यस्य) / or Karma (to be impelled toward us)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरेण्यम्: choice; excellent; worthy to be chosen
• वरेण्यम्: Karma (विशेष्ये राधसि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘to choose’ से)

• असत्: not being; not existent
• असत्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्) → सत् (कृदन्त), नकारेण ‘असत्’

• इत्: indeed; even
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात/अव्यय)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विभु: O all-pervading one
• विभु: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रभु: O mighty lord
• प्रभु: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Ṛgvedic; in AV 20 the seer-attribution follows the borrowed RV hymn tradition (Indra-stuti).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence as in RV-style praise (exact metrical parsing depends on pada recension).

Mantra Rasa

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