Mantra 5
Sukta 57
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्रियाणि शतक्रतो या ते जनेषु पञ्चसु । इन्द्र तानि त आ वृणे
IAST Transliteration
indriyā́ṇi śatakrato yā́ te jáneṣu pañcásu | índra tā́ni te ā́ vṛṇe
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Those Indra-powers of thine, O Hundred-powered, that are among the fivefold peoples—O Indra, those very powers I choose and claim as mine.
Word by Word
इन्द्रियाणिpowers; faculties; senses
इन्द्रियाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
शतक्रतोO hundred-powered (Indra)
शतक्रतो:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootशतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)
याwhich (those)
या:
Kartā (relative clause) / viśeṣaṇa of इन्द्रियाणि
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you; your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जनेषुamong peoples; among men
जनेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
पञ्चसुin/among the five
पञ्चसु:
Adhikaraṇa (qualifying जनेषु)
TypeNumeral (adjectival)
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तानिthose
तानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तfor you; to you
त:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; unto (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृणेI choose; I select
वृणे:
Kartā (implicit ‘अहम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु; ‘वरणे’)
Attribution
Rishi: Rigvedic provenance; seer not determinable from provided excerpt alone.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-type; requires scansion.
Mantra Rasa
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