Mantra 2

Sukta 42

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनु त्वा रोदसी उभे क्रक्षमाणमकृपेताम्। इन्द्र यद् दस्युहाभवः

IAST Transliteration

ánu tvā ródasī ubhé krákṣamāṇam akṛpetām | índra yád dasyúhā́ abhávaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

After thee the two Worlds, both of them, follow—while thou art roaring; let them not relent. O Indra, when thou becamest the slayer of the Dasyu.

Word by Word

• अनु: after; along; in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (acc.)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावापृथिव्यौ)

• उभे: both
• उभे: Kartā (रोदसी-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रक्षमाणम्: crying out; calling aloud
• क्रक्षमाणम्: Karma (त्वा-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb-derived participle
• Root: क्रक्ष् (धातु; ‘क्रक्षँ’—ध्वनौ/आक्रोशे इत्यर्थे, वैदिक)

• अकृपेताम्: showed compassion; took pity
• अकृपेताम्: Kriyā (रोदसी उभे—कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृप् (धातु; ‘कृपँ’—कम्पने/कृपायाम्; वैदिक प्रयोगे ‘कृप्’ = ‘अनुकम्प्’)

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

• यत्: when; that
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दस्युहा: slayer of the Dasyus
• दस्युहा: Kartā-विशेषणम् (इन्द्रस्य)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: दस्युहा (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; दस्यु + हन्/हा ‘slayer’)

• अभवः: you became; you were
• अभवः: Kriyā (इन्द्र—कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: As in RV source for AV 20: Indra-hymn tradition (ṛṣi per RV Anukramaṇī; commonly attributed within Indra cycles to Vasiṣṭha/Viśvāmitra line depending on the RV locus).

Devata: Indra (with Heaven-and-Earth as attendant cosmic powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type RV meter (as transmitted in AV 20 RV-collection; exact meter depends on RV original).

Mantra Rasa

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