Mantra 4

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुरुष्टुतस्य धामभिः शतेन महयामसि । इन्द्रस्य चर्षणीधृतः

IAST Transliteration

puru-stutásya dhā́mabhiḥ śaténa mahayāmasi | índrasya carṣaṇī-dhṛ́taḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With a hundred powers of him the much-praised we magnify—of Indra, the Upholder of the peoples.

Word by Word

• पुरुष्टुतस्य: of the much-praised (one)
• पुरुष्टुतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: पुरुष्टुत (प्रातिपदिक; पु॒रु- ‘बहु’ + स्तुत ‘स्तुत/प्रशस्त’)

• धामभिः: with (his) abodes/splendours
• धामभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतेन: with a hundred (i.e., a hundredfold)
• शतेन: करण
• Type: Numeral (Noun-like)
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• महयामसि: we magnify / we extol
• महयामसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु; ‘पूजायाम्/वर्धने’)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• चर्षणीधृतः: of the supporter/sustainer of the peoples
• चर्षणीधृतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: चर्षणीधृत् (प्रातिपदिक; चर्षणी ‘जनाः/मनुष्याः’ + धृत ‘धारयितृ’)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic seer-tradition (borrowed into AV 20)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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