Mantra 3

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्राय गाव आशिरं दुदुह्रे वज्रिणे मधु । यत् सीमुपह्वरे विदत्

IAST Transliteration

índrāya gā́va āśíraṃ duduhre vajríṇe mádhu | yát sīm upahváre vidát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For Indra the Cows have milked forth the strengthening mixture, sweet for the Thunderer, when at our near-invocation he is found.

Word by Word

• इन्द्राय: to/for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• आशिरम्: a blessing; (wish-)invocation
• आशिरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुदुह्रे: they milked / have milked
• दुदुह्रे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुह् (धातु)

• वज्रिणे: to the wielder of the thunderbolt
• वज्रिणे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey; sweetness (mead)
• मधु: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्म (सम्बन्ध-प्रत्ययः; ‘that which’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सीम्: indeed; just; him/it (enclitic)
• सीम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सीम् (निपात/अव्यय)

• उपह्वरे: in/at the hollow; in the valley
• उपह्वरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप-ह्वर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hollow/valley/low place’)

• विदत्: he found; he discovered
• विदत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

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

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Mantra Rasa

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