Mantra 2

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दूरे चित् सन्तमरुषास इन्द्रमा च्यावयन्तु सख्याय विप्रम्। यद् गायत्रीं बृहतीमर्कमस्मै सौत्रामण्या दधृषन्त देवाः

IAST Transliteration

dūré cit sántam aruṣā́sa índram ā́ cyā́vayantu sakhyā́ya vípram | yád gā́yatrīm bṛhatī́m árkam asmai sautrāmaṇyā́ dadhṛ́ṣanta devā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Though he be far away, let the ruddy Powers set Indra in motion hither, for friendship, (to aid) the inspired priest; for when, with the Sautrāmaṇī, the Gods took courage to frame for him the Gāyatrī, the Bṛhatī, and the hymn of praise.

Word by Word

• दूरे: far away
• दूरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even, indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• सन्तम्: being, existing
• सन्तम्: Karma (as qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अस् (धातु) → सन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुषासः: the ruddy ones (dawns / reddish lights)
• अरुषासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• च्यावयन्तु: may they cause to move/bring
• च्यावयन्तु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: च्यु (धातु) [णिच्]

• सख्याय: for friendship, for companionship
• सख्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• विप्रम्: the inspired sage
• विप्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which, that (which)
• यत्: Karma (of implied ‘they fashioned/produced’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गायत्रीम्: the Gāyatrī (metre/chant)
• गायत्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहतीम्: the Bṛhatī (metre)
• बृहतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहती (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्कम्: a hymn/chant (arka)
• अर्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him (to Indra)
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मद्-प्रयोगः (दत्त्यर्थे)

• सौत्रामण्याः: (as) Sautrāmaṇī(-deities/rites), of the Sautrāmaṇī
• सौत्रामण्याः: Kartā (appositional/qualifying)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौत्रामणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधृषन्त: they dared, they ventured
• दधृषन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृष् (धातु)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (as per AV anukramaṇī for 3.3; requires recension-specific confirmation).

Devata: Indra (with luminous ‘aruṣa’ helpers; chandas invoked as auxiliary power).

Chandas: Mixed/triadic chandas-reference within the verse (Gāyatrī, Bṛhatī); the verse itself is not simply reducible to a single meter because it thematizes meters as operative forces.

Mantra Rasa

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