Mantra 3

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नामानि ते शतक्रतो विश्वाभिर्गीर्भिरीमहे । इन्द्राभिमातिषाह्ये

IAST Transliteration

nāmā́ni te śatakrato víśvābhir gīrbhír īmahe | índrā́bhimātiṣā́hye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thy names, O Śatakratu, with all our hymns we here invoke—O Indra—for the overpowering of hostile onsets.

Word by Word

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शतक्रतो: O Śatakratu (Indra, ‘of a hundred powers/rites’)
• शतक्रतो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet/proper) / Adjective
• Root: शतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)

• विश्वाभिः: with all
• विश्वाभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/समस्त) (प्रातिपदिक)

• गीर्भिः: with hymns / praises
• गीर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तुति/वाक्’)

• ईमहे: we implore / we praise
• ईमहे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्/ई (धातु; ‘याचना/स्तुति/प्रार्थना’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिमातिषाह्ये: in (your) overcoming of hostile assaults / in the victory over enemies
• अभिमातिषाह्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract/epithet)
• Root: अभिमाति-षाह्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘अभिमातीनां शत्रूणां सहन/जय’)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra-stotra tradition (RV-derived); in AV 20 generally attributed to Rigvedic seers as per the borrowed hymn-source

Devata: Indra (Śatakratu)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as in the RV source hymn-style)

Mantra Rasa

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