Mantra 2

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ हरयः ससृज्रिरेऽरुषीरधि बर्हिषि । यत्राभि संनवामहे

IAST Transliteration

ā́ haráyaḥ sasr̥jrire ’rúṣīr ádhi barhíṣi | yátrābhí saṃnávāmahe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither have sped the tawny, ruddy steeds, upon the sacred grass—there where we come together to meet (thee).

Word by Word

• आ: forth, towards (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• हरयः: the tawny ones; (often) horses
• हरयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) / hari

• ससृज्रिरे: they have rushed/streamed forth
• ससृज्रिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) / sṛj

• अरुषीः: ruddy/tawny (feminine ones)
• अरुषीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अरुषी (प्रातिपदिक) / aruṣī

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/उपपद-अव्यय) / adhi

• बर्हिषि: on the sacrificial grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक) / barhis

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय) / yatra

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / abhi

• सं: together, wholly
• सं: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / sam

• नवामहे: we praise/celebrate
• नवामहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नु (धातु) / nu (to praise, to extol)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (AV 20 compilation); seer as in RV source

Devata: Indra (via his haris as metonymic entourage)

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Mantra Rasa

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