Mantra 2

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परा हीन्द्र धावसि वृषाकपेरति व्यथिः । नो अह प्र विन्दस्यन्यत्र सोमपीतये विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः

IAST Transliteration

párā híndra dhā́vasi vṛṣā́kaper áti vyáthíḥ | no áha prá vindasy ányatra sómapītaye víśvasmād índra úttaraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Away, forsooth, thou rushest, O Indra, beyond the trouble of Vṛṣākapi; for us—ah!—thou findest (it) elsewhere, for Soma-drinking: Indra is higher than all.

Word by Word

पराaway, forth

हिindeed, for

इन्द्रO Indra

धावसिyou run, you rush

वृषाकपेःof Vṛṣākapi

अतिbeyond, over

व्यथिःdistress, affliction

नःof us, our

अहah!, indeed (exclamatory/emphatic)

प्रforth, forward

विन्दसिyou find, you obtain

अन्यत्रelsewhere

सोमपीतयेfor Soma-drinking

विश्वस्मात्from all, from everything

इन्द्रO Indra

उत्तरःhigher, superior, further (beyond)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-source attribution for this Indra/Vṛṣākapi material (to be confirmed).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Requires metrical verification (likely RV-derived).

Mantra Rasa

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