Mantra 7
Sukta 20
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्र आशाभ्यस्परि सर्वाभ्यो अभयं करत्।जेता शत्रून् विचर्षणिः
IAST Transliteration
índra ā́śābhyaḥ pári sárvābhyo abháyaṃ karat | jetā́ śátrūn vicarṣaṇíḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
May Indra from every quarter, from all sides around, make safety for us—he, the wide-ruling Conqueror of foes.
Word by Word
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आशाभ्यःfrom (all) hopes/expectations
आशाभ्यः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootआशा (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround; completely
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
सर्वाभ्यःfrom all
सर्वाभ्यः:
अपादान
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (सर्वा) (प्रातिपदिक)
अभयम्fearlessness; safety
अभयम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअभय (प्रातिपदिक)
करत्made; produced
करत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
जेताconqueror
जेता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (agent) / Adjective
Rootजि (धातु) → जेतृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
शत्रून्enemies
शत्रून्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
विचर्षणिःthe far-seeing/wise one (epithet of Indra)
विचर्षणिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun / Epithet
Rootविचर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Rigvedic Indra-stuti provenance (AV 20 compilation layer); r̥ṣi follows the RV source attribution.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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