Mantra 29

Sukta 93

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 ava maghavan gómati vrajé vajrín citrā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou hast spread abroad, by greatness and by manly might, O Bull, all things—O strongest—by thy strength. Protect us, O bounteous Vajrin, in the cattle-rich fold, with thy bright and manifold succours.

Word by Word

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

• पप्राथ: (he) has spread/expanded
• पप्राथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रथ् (प्रथँ विस्तारे)

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

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

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

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

• शविष्ठ: O most powerful
• शविष्ठ: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शविष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक: शविष्ठ-; superlative of शवीयस्/शवस् ‘strong’)

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

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

• अव: down; in aid; protect (as preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग) / ava (preverb)

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

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

• व्रजे: in the pen/enclosure; in the 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: helps; protections; aids
• ऊतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक: ऊति-)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra-stotra); in AV 20 treated as borrowed stotra material

Devata: Indra (Vajrin, Maghavan)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (Ṛgvedic-style)

Mantra Rasa

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