Mantra 12

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद् यद् ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपं गृहमिन्द्रश्च गन्वहि । मध्वः पीत्वा सचेवहि त्रिः सप्त सख्युः पदे

IAST Transliteration

úd yád bradhnásya viṣṭápaṃ gṛhám índraś ca gánvahi | mádhvaḥ pītvā sacevahi tríḥ saptá sakhyúḥ padé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When forth the bright One’s spacious realm, his dwelling, thou—O Indra—go and reach; and, having drunk the sweet, be joined in fellowship, in the Friend’s station, thrice sevenfold.

Word by Word

• उत्: up, forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग)

• यत्: which, that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रध्नस्य: of the Bradhna (the tawny/sun-like one)
• ब्रध्नस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रध्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्टपम्: (heavenly) seat/abode, firm station
• विष्टपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहम्: house, dwelling
• गृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• गन्वहि: go, come (hither)!
• गन्वहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + नु (विकरण/प्रत्यय) → गन्व्

• मध्वः: of/from honey; of the sweet (soma)
• मध्वः: Apādāna (if abl.) / Sambandha (if gen.)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: —
• Type: Verbal derivative
• Root: पा (पिबति) (धातु)

• सचेवहि: associate (with us), be joined!
• सचेवहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु) / सच्- (सहचर्ये) + इव (वैदिक-प्रयोगः) + हि (निपात)

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिस् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: —
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• सख्युः: of the friend/companion
• सख्युः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पदे: in/at the step, place, station
• पदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn tradition (AV 20).

Devata: Indra (in relation to a luminous ‘bradhna’ station)

Chandas: RV-style meter (likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh mixture).

Mantra Rasa

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