Mantra 4

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उरुं नो लोकमनु नेषि विद्वान्त्स्व१र्यज्ज्योतिरभयं स्वस्ति। उग्रा त इन्द्र स्थविरस्य बाहू उप क्षयेम शरणा बृहन्ता

IAST Transliteration

urúṃ no lokám ánu neṣi vidvā́n svàr-yaj jyótir abháyaṃ svastí | ugrā́ te índra sthávirasya bāhū́ úpa kṣayema śaráṇā br̥hántā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A wide realm do thou, the wise one, lead us on unto—heaven-reaching light, fearlessness, and welfare. Formidable, O Indra, are the arms of thee the steadfast: under them may we dwell, as under great shelters.

Word by Word

• उरुम्: wide, spacious
• उरुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after, in accordance
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• नेषि: you lead
• नेषि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) [नयति]

• विद्वान्: knowing, wise
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद् (धातु) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven, the sky
• स्वः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (indeclinable form)
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभूत)

• यज्: worship / perform sacrifice
• यज्: —
• Type: Verb (imperative/benedictive form used as injunctive)
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• ज्योतिः: light, radiance
• ज्योतिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभयम्: fearlessness, safety
• अभयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अ-भय (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वस्ति: well-being, auspiciousness
• स्वस्ति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (blessing word)
• Root: स्वस्ति (निपात/प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रा: mighty, fierce
• उग्रा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

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

• स्थविरस्य: of the strong/firm (one)
• स्थविरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: स्थविर (प्रातिपदिक)

• बाहू: (two) arms
• बाहू: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• क्षयेम: may we dwell / may we abide
• क्षयेम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (धातु) [क्षयति/क्षयते]

• शरणा: (two) shelters, protections
• शरणा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहन्ता: great, vast
• बृहन्ता: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indra (with Abhaya/Svasti as desired states)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (not strictly verified here)

Mantra Rasa

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