Mantra 2

Sukta 104

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं सहस्रमृषिभिः सहस्कृतः समुद्र इव पप्रथे । सत्यः सो अस्य महिमा गृणे शवो यज्ञेषु विप्रराज्ये

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ sahásram ṛ́ṣibhíḥ sáhaḥkṛtaḥ samudrá iva paprathe | satyáḥ só asya mahimā́ gṛṇé śávaḥ yajñéṣu viprarájye ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, thousandfold, by seers made mighty, hath spread abroad like ocean’s flood: true is his grandeur; I proclaim his force in sacrifices, in the sovereign realm of inspired priests.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषिभिः: by/with the seers
• ऋषिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्कृतः: made/formed with might; powerfully fashioned
• सहस्कृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: सहस् + √कृ (कृञ्) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• समुद्रः: ocean
• समुद्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पप्रथे: has spread out, has expanded
• पप्रथे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रथ् (प्रथँ विस्तारे)

• सत्यः: true, real
• सत्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he/that
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महिमा: greatness, majesty
• महिमा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृणे: I praise, I sing
• गृणे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गॄ (गॄ स्तुतौ) / √गृ (गृ स्तुतौ)

• शवः: strength, might
• शवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञेषु: in the sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• विप्रराज्ये: in the priestly sovereignty/eminence
• विप्रराज्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रराज्य (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: विप्र + राज्य)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (varies by source hymn within Indra cycles).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: RV meter (likely Triṣṭubh; confirm against RV source).

Mantra Rasa

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