Mantra 3

Sukta 52

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कण्वेभिर्धृष्णवा धृषद् वाजं दर्षि सहस्रिणम्। पिशङ्गरूपं मघवन् विचर्षणे मक्षू गोमन्तमीमहे

IAST Transliteration

káṇvebhir dhṛṣṇavā dhṛṣád vā́jaṃ darśi sahasríṇam | piśáṅgarūpaṃ maghavan vicarṣaṇe mákṣu gómantam īmahe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the Kaṇvas, O bold one, thou showest, in daring wise, the prize a thousandfold. The tawny-formed, bounteous, far-seeing—him we beseech, and quickly, for wealth of kine.

Word by Word

• कण्वेभिः: with the Kaṇvas (Kaṇva-sages)
• कण्वेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• धृष्णवा: with the bold/impetuous (one)
• धृष्णवा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धृष्’ से)

• धृषत्: bold, daring
• धृषत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृषत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धृष्’ से)

• वाजम्: prize; strength; (victory-)booty
• वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• दर्षि: see! behold!
• दर्षि: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)

• सहस्रिणम्: thousand-fold; possessing thousands
• सहस्रिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिशङ्गरूपम्: of tawny/variegated form
• पिशङ्गरूपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिशङ्ग-रूप (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• मघवन्: O bountiful one (Indra)
• मघवन्: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

• विचर्षणे: O far-seeing/illustrious one
• विचर्षणे: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: वि-चर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

• मक्षु: quickly; at once
• मक्षु: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मक्षु (अव्यय)

• गोमन्तम्: rich in cattle
• गोमन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we beg/implore (for)
• ईमहे: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्/ई (धातु; ‘ई’/‘याच्’ अर्थे ‘याचना/प्रार्थना’)

Attribution

Rishi: Kaṇva-tradition (as per RV source attribution; edition-dependent).

Devata: Indra.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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