Mantra 8

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उरुव्यचा नो महिषः शर्म यछत्वस्मिन् हवे पुरुहूतः पुरुक्षु। स नः प्रजायै हर्यश्व मृडेन्द्र मा नो रीरिषो मा परा दाः

IAST Transliteration

uruvyácā no mahiṣáḥ śárma yachatu asmín havé puruhūtáḥ purukṣú | sá naḥ prajā́yai haryaśva mṛḍéndra mā́ no rīriṣo mā́ párā dāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May the wide-pervading mighty Bull vouchsafe us shelter, at this our call, the Much-invoked, the Much-aiding. Be gracious unto our progeny, O Indra of tawny steeds; harm us not, nor give us over unto destruction.

Word by Word

• उरुव्यचाः: wide-spreading, far-reaching
• उरुव्यचाः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरुव्यचा (प्रातिपदिक; उरु + व्यच् ‘व्याप्ति/विस्तार’)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (हित/लाभ-सम्बन्धे ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महिषः: the mighty one; bull (epithet of Indra)
• महिषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्म: shelter, protection, comfort
• शर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छतु: let (him) grant
• यच्छतु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु; ‘यच्छति’ दाने/नियमे ‘to grant/give’)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हवे: in (our) invocation/call
• हवे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘call/invocation’)

• पुरुहूतः: much-invoked (Indra)
• पुरुहूतः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुहूत (प्रातिपदिक; पुरु + हूत ‘much-invoked’)

• पुरुक्षु: much-helping / much-protecting
• पुरुक्षु: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुक्षु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘much-aiding/protecting’—इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

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

• नः: for us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजायै: for offspring/progeny
• प्रजायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• हर्यश्व: O tawny-horsed one (Indra)
• हर्यश्व: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: हर्यश्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having tawny horses’)

• मृड: be gracious / show mercy
• मृड: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृड् (धातु; ‘to be gracious/merciful’)

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

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेध-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रीरिषः: do not harm
• रीरिषः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु; ‘to injure/harm’)

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेध-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• परा: away, forth
• परा: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दाः: do not give (us) away / do not hand (us) over
• दाः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु; ‘to give’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Indra-stuti; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; Atharvanic mixed meters occur)

Mantra Rasa

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