Mantra 7

Sukta 137

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अव द्रप्सो अंशुमतीमतिष्ठदियानः कृष्णो दशभिः सहस्रैः । आवत्तमिन्द्रः शच्या धमन्तमपस्नेहितीर्नृमणा अधत्त

IAST Transliteration

áva drapso aṃśumátīm atiṣṭhad iyānáḥ kṛṣṇó daśábhiḥ sahásraiḥ | āvattám índraḥ śácyā dhámantam apásnehitīr nṛmáṇā adhatta

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Downward the drop took station in the radiant stream, moving, dark, with tenfold thousands. Indra, with his might, established it as it rolled and was driven on—cleansing away adhesions—delighting men.

Word by Word

• अव: down; off; away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग)

• द्रप्सः: drop; (shining) drop
• द्रप्सः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रप्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• अंशुमतीम्: the radiant/beam-bearing (one)
• अंशुमतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अंशुमती (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिष्ठत्: stood; halted
• अतिष्ठत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• इयानः: going; moving
• इयानः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण द्रप्सस्य)
• Type: Verb/Participle
• Root: इ (धातु) → इयान (कृदन्त)

• कृष्णः: black; dark
• कृष्णः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रैः: with thousands
• सहस्रैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Numeral
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवत्तम्: turned back; returned
• आवत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: वृत्/वर्त् (धातु) → आवत्त (कृदन्त)

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

• शच्या: with Śacī (Indra’s power/consort)
• शच्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक)

• धमन्तम्: blowing; driving (as with breath/wind)
• धमन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: ध्मा (धातु) → धमन्त् (कृदन्त)

• अपस्नेहितीः: (those) removing stickiness/adhesion; loosening (powers/agents)
• अपस्नेहितीः: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अपस्नेहिती (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्राय)

• नृमणाः: man-minded; friendly to men; of human intent
• नृमणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: नृमणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधत्त: placed; bestowed
• अधत्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic Soma hymn tradition (as transmitted in AV 20).

Devata: Indra (with Soma imagery central)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (RV style).

Mantra Rasa

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