Mantra 11

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्येदु त्वेषसा रन्त सिन्धवः परि यद् वज्रेण सीमयच्छत्। ईशानकृद् दाशुषे दशस्यन् तुर्वीतये गाधं तुर्वणिः कः

IAST Transliteration

asyéd u tvēṣásā ranta síndhavaḥ pári yád vájreṇa sī́m ayáccat | īśānakr̥d dā́śuṣe daśasyán turvītáye gā́dhaṃ turváṇiḥ káḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yea, by his vehement might the Rivers yielded, when with the bolt he held them fast and mastered them. Maker of lordship, favouring the giver, the swift o’ercomer—who hath granted a ford for conquest?

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य

• इदु: indeed, surely
• इदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदु (निपात)

• त्वेषसाः: the impetuous/fiery ones
• त्वेषसाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वेषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रन्त: rejoiced / took delight
• रन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)

• सिन्धवः: the rivers/streams
• सिन्धवः: कर्तृ (apposition to त्वेषसाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: कर्म (of अयच्छत्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सीम्: just, precisely
• सीम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सीम् (अव्यय)

• अयच्छत्: held back / restrained
• अयच्छत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु) + आ-

• ईशानकृत्: lordly-maker; acting as a sovereign
• ईशानकृत्: कर्तृ (of दशस्यन्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (कृदन्त, √कृ)

• दाशुषे: to the worshipper/giver
• दाशुषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशुष् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √दा/दाश् ‘to give, worship’)

• दशस्यन्: honoring, serving
• दशस्यन्: कर्तृ-विशेषण (of ईशानकृत्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दशस्य (धातु/denom. ‘to honor, serve’)

• तुर्वीतये: for swift advance/victory
• तुर्वीतये: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुर्वीति (प्रातिपदिक)

• गाधम्: a ford; firm footing; passage
• गाधम्: कर्म (of implied ‘to find/obtain’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाध (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुर्वणिः: the impetuous one (a swift hero)
• तुर्वणिः: कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-प्राय (with कः as interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुर्वणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कः: who?
• कः: कर्तृ (interrogative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra-stotra seer attribution (AV 20 import).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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