Mantra 6

Sukta 70

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इतो वा सातिमीमहे दिवो वा पार्थिवादधि । इन्द्रं महो वा रजसः

IAST Transliteration

itó vā sātím īmahe divó vā pārthivā́d ádhi | índraṁ mahó vā rájasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From hence, or from the heaven, or from the earthly (realm) above, we seek the winning; Indra (we seek), or (from) the great expanse of the mid-air.

Word by Word

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय; इदम्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• सातिम्: victory; winning
• सातिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साति- (स्त्री; √सा/सि ‘to win, gain’ इत्यस्मात् नाम)

• ईमहे: we seek / we desire
• ईमहे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (आत्मनेपद; desiderative/precative-like Vedic usage: ‘we seek’)

• दिवः: from heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्- (स्त्री; ‘heaven’)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• पार्थिवात्: from the earthly (realm)
• पार्थिवात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव- (विशेषण; पृथिवी-सम्बन्धी)

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (देवनाम)

• महः: great; greatness
• महः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्/मह- (नपुंसक; ‘greatness’/‘great’)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• रजसः: of the midspace/region
• रजसः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्- (नपुंसक; ‘space/region; dust’)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic attribution (common for AV 20): Indra-stuti seer per RV parallel; in AV usage treated as traditional ṛṣi of the borrowed hymn.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (by RV-stotra style; AV 20 largely preserves RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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