Mantra 3
Sukta 138
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कण्वाः इन्द्रं यदक्रत स्तोमैर्यज्ञस्य साधनम्। जामि ब्रुवत आयुधम्
IAST Transliteration
kaṇvā́ índraṃ yád ákrata stómair yajñásya sā́dhanam | jā́mi brúvata ā́yudham
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
When the Kāṇvas made Indra, by praises, the accomplisher of the sacrifice, they spake of him as kinsman—(as) weapon.
Translation
Als die Kāṇvas Indra durch Lobgesänge zum Vollender des Opfers machten, nannten sie ihn Verwandten und (als) Waffe.
Word by Word
कण्वाःthe Kaṇvas (seers)
कण्वाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकण्व (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which/that (as what they made)
यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अक्रतthey made/formed
अक्रत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
स्तोमैःwith hymns/chantings
स्तोमैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
साधनम्means/instrument; accomplishment
साधनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसाधन (प्रातिपदिक)
जामिclosely/again; in familiar manner (Vedic adverb)
जामि:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootजामि (अव्यय/निपात; वैदिक)
ब्रुवतspeaking; uttering
ब्रुवत:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
आयुधम्weapon; implement
आयुधम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootआयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Kāṇva seers (explicitly named)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: RV meter; requires scan.
Mantra Rasa
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