Mantra 21

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ पप्राथ महिना वृष्ण्या वृषन् विश्वा शविष्ठ शवसा । अस्मां अव मघवन् गोमति व्रजे वज्रिं चित्राभिरूतिभिः

IAST Transliteration

ā́ paprātha mahínā vṛ́ṣṇyā vṛṣán víśvā śaviṣṭha śávāsā | asmā́n áva maghavan gómati vrajé vajrin citrā́bhir ūtíbhih

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou hast spread abroad, by greatness and by manly vigor, O Bull, all things with strength, O mightiest: do thou protect us, O bounteous one, in the cattle-rich fold, O Vajrin, with thy wondrous helps.

Word by Word

• आ: forth; unto (prefix with the verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• पप्राथ: has expanded; has spread
• पप्राथ: Kartā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रथ् (प्रथँ विस्तारे)

• महिना: by greatness; by might
• महिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक: महिमन्)

• वृष्ण्या: by manly power; by virility
• वृष्ण्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक: वृष्ण्य-)

• वृषन्: O Bull (strong one)
• वृषन्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक: वृषन्-)

• विश्वा: all (things)
• विश्वा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक: विश्व-)

• शविष्ठ: O most mighty
• शविष्ठ: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शविष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक: शविष्ठ-; superlative of शवीयस्/शवस्-related)

• शवसा: by strength; by power
• शवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक: शवस्-)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down; in aid (prefix: protect)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग)

• मघवन्: O bountiful one (Maghavan)
• मघवन्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक: मघवन्-)

• गोमति: in a cattle-rich (place)
• गोमति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमत् (प्रातिपदिक: गोमत्-)

• व्रजे: in the enclosure; in the pen/settlement
• व्रजे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रज (प्रातिपदिक: व्रज-)

• वज्रिणम्: the wielder of the thunderbolt
• वज्रिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक: वज्रिन्-)

• चित्राभिः: with bright/wondrous
• चित्राभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्रा (प्रातिपदिक: चित्रा-)

• ऊतिभिः: with aids; with protections
• ऊतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक: ऊति-)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic attribution (borrowed into AV 20): Indra-stotra tradition.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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