Mantra 2

Sukta 84

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रा याहि धियेषितो विप्रजूतः सुतावतः । उप ब्रह्माणि वाघतः

IAST Transliteration

índrā́ yāhi dhiyèṣitó víprajūtaḥ sutā́vataḥ | úpa bráhmāṇi vā́ghataḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Indra, come hither—by prayer impelled, by the inspired urged—unto the hymns of him who hath the Soma pressed, the singer’s sacred words.

Word by Word

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

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (गत्यर्थ-निर्देशक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• याहि: come!
• याहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• धियेषितः: impelled by prayer/thought
• धियेषितः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धि (प्रातिपदिक) + इष् (धातु) → इषित (कृदन्त)

• विप्रजूतः: urged by the seers (vipras)
• विप्रजूतः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जू (धातु) → जूत (कृदन्त)

• सुतावतः: of the one possessing pressed Soma
• सुतावतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the soma-presser/offerer’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (मतुप्/वतुप् प्रत्यय) → सुतावत्

• उप: near, unto
• उप: क्रियाविशेषण (समीप्य/उपगमन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• ब्रह्माणि: sacred prayers/formulas
• ब्रह्माणि: कर्म (याहि/आगच्छ — ‘come to’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाघतः: of the chanter (priest/singer)
• वाघतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the singer/chanter’
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाघत् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-source seer (Indra-stotra tradition); in AV 20 these are RV borrowings (exact RV attribution varies by verse-source).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh/Trisṭubh-type RV meter (as transmitted in AV 20; metrical identity follows RV source)

Mantra Rasa

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