Mantra 10

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो व्यतींरफाणयत् सुयुक्तां उप दाशुषे । तक्वो नेता तदिद् वपुरुपमा यो अमुच्यत

IAST Transliteration

yó vyatī́ raphāṇayat suyúktāṃ úpa dāśúṣe | takvó netā́ tád íd vapúr upamā́ yó amúcyata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who urged the well-yoked (car) across the crossings, in aid of the liberal worshipper—swift guide he; that very deed is his manifest form, the pattern, he who was loosed free.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यतीः: crossings/paths (fords)
• व्यतीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यती (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; ‘crossing/ford/way’)

• रफाणयत्: made/caused (to go), set in motion
• रफाणयत्: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रफ्/रभ् (धातु; causative sense in context)

• सुयुक्ताम्: well-yoked (well-harnessed)
• सुयुक्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-युक्त (युज् धातु से क्त; ‘well-yoked/ well-harnessed’)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• दाशुषे: to the giver/worshipper
• दाशुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (agent) / Participle
• Root: दाश्वस्/दाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा ‘to give’ → ‘giver/worshipper’)

• तक्वः: Takva (the guide/leader—name/epithet)
• तक्वः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: तक्व (प्रातिपदिक; epithet/name)

• नेता: leader, guide
• नेता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: नी (धातु) → नेता (तृच्-कृदन्त ‘leader’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इद्: indeed, just
• इद्: (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: इद्

• वपुः: form, body, appearance
• वपुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपमा: comparison, likeness
• उपमा: (विशेषणभाव/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपमा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमुच्यत: was released, became free
• अमुच्यत: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: As in RV parallel tradition for this cluster: typically attributed to an Indra-stotra seer lineage (Angiras/Bharadvāja-type attributions vary by Anukramaṇī); AV 20 follows RV assignment.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence in RV-style; AV 20 preserves RV meters (exact meter depends on RV locus).

Mantra Rasa

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