Mantra 9

Sukta 137

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अध द्रप्सो अंशुमत्या उपस्थेऽधारयत्तन्वं तित्विषाणः । विशो अदेवीरभ्या३चरन्तीर्बृहस्पतिना युजेन्द्रः ससाहे

IAST Transliteration

ádha drapso aṁśumátyā upásthe ’dhārayat tanvàṁ titviṣāṇáḥ | víśo ádevīr abhyā́carantīr bṛ́haspátinā yujé índraḥ sasāhe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Then in the lap of the ray-bearing (Soma) the drop upheld his body, flashing forth: Indra, in yoking with Br̥haspati, overcame the ungodly clans that moved to assail him.

Translation

Da trug im Schoß des strahlenführenden Soma der Tropfen seinen Leib, aufleuchtend im Glanz. Indra, im Joch mit Bṛhaspati, bezwang die gottlosen Sippen, die heranzogen, ihn anzugreifen.

Word by Word

• अध: then, now
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (अव्यय)

• द्रप्सः: the drop; (here) the shining drop (Soma)
• द्रप्सः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रप्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• अंशुमत्या: with the ray-bearing (one), with the radiant (Soma/beam)
• अंशुमत्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अंशुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थे: in the lap, in the bosom
• उपस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधारयत्: he held, he supported
• अधारयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)

• तन्वम्: the body, the person
• तन्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• तित्विषाणः: shining, blazing
• तित्विषाणः: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तित्विष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धातु: त्विष् ‘दीप्तौ’ का सघन/पुनरुक्त-रूप)

• विशः: the clans, the peoples
• विशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदेवीः: non-divine, hostile
• अदेवीः: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदेवी (प्रातिपदिक; न-देवी ‘not divine/hostile’)

• अभ्याचरन्तीः: practising against, attacking (with hostile acts/spells)
• अभ्याचरन्तीः: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle
• Root: अभि-आ-चर् (धातु)

• बृहस्पतिना: with Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• युजा: as an ally, with a yokefellow
• युजा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: युज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘companion/ally’, from √युज्)

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

• ससाहे: he overcame, he prevailed
• ससाहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra-related Ṛgvedic seer-tradition (AV 20 is largely Ṛgvedic reprise; exact r̥ṣi attribution follows the RV source-hymn).

Devata: Indra (with Br̥haspati as allied priestly power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style heroic meter)

Mantra Rasa

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