Mantra 5

Sukta 88

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स सुष्टुभा स ऋक्वता गणेन वलं रुरोज फलिगं रवेण । बृहस्पतिरुस्रिया हव्यसूदः कनिक्रदद् वावशतीरुदाजत्

IAST Transliteration

sá suṣṭúbhā sá ṛ́kvātā gaṇéna valáṃ ruroja phaligáṃ ravéṇa | bृहáspátir usríyā havyasū́daḥ kaníkradad vā́vaśatīr udā́jat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He, with good praise, he with the hymn-singer and the troop, brake Vala, the stony barrier, with his roar. Br̥haspati, begetter of oblation, crying aloud, drave forth the ruddy kine, lowing as they came.

Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सु-ष्टुभा: with good praise / by a good hymn
• सु-ष्टुभा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (instrumental phrase) / Adverbial-instrumental
• Root: ष्टुभ् (धातु) → स्तोत्र/स्तुति-भावः; उपसर्गः सु-

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋक्वता: with the ṛk-singer / with the hymn-chanter
• ऋक्वता: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ऋक्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऋच्’ जानाति/पठति इति) अथवा ‘ऋक्’ + वत्

• गणेन: with the troop / with the host
• गणेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वलम्: Vala (the enclosure/cave; demon Vala)
• वलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल (प्रातिपदिक)

• रुरोज: broke open / burst
• रुरोज: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुज् (धातु; ‘भङ्गे/विदारणे’)

• फलिगम्: the ‘phaliga’ (stone/rocky mass; Vedic term)
• फलिगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फलिग (प्रातिपदिक; ‘फलिग’ = शिलाखण्ड/पाषाण/अस्थि-विशेष इत्यादि; वैदिकः)

• रवेण: with a roar / by sound
• रवेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रव (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• उस्रियाः: the ruddy cows / the dawn-cows (rays)
• उस्रियाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उस्रिया (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उषस्/गो’ सम्बन्धः; वैदिके ‘गावः/किरणाः’ इत्यर्थः)

• हव्यसूदः: the impeller/producer of oblations
• हव्यसूदः: Kartā (apposition to बृहस्पतिः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: हव्यसूद (प्रातिपदिक; हव्य + सूद ‘यज्ञभाग-प्रेरक/प्रसवक’)

• कनिक्रदत्: crying out repeatedly / resounding
• कनिक्रदत्: Kartā (descriptive of agent)
• Type: Verb (intensive/iterative present participle)
• Root: क्रन्द् (धातु; ‘रुदने/नादे’) + नि (उपसर्ग); पुनरुक्त-आवृत्तिः ‘कनि-’ (intensive)

• वावशतीः: lowing/bleating loudly (the cows)
• वावशतीः: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वश् (धातु; ‘आकाङ्क्षायाम्/वशे’), पुनरुक्त-आवृत्तिः ‘वा-वश’ (intensive) → वावशती (स्त्री)

• उदाजत्: drove forth / brought out
• उदाजत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अज् (धातु; ‘गत्यां/प्रेरणे’) + उद् (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: Bṛhaspati/Angiras-tradition

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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