Mantra 29

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ पप्राथ महिना वृष्ण्या वृषन् विश्वा शविष्ठ शवसा । अस्मां अव मघवन् गोमति व्रजे वज्रिं चित्राभिरूतिभिः

IAST Transliteration

ā́ paprātha mahínā vṛ́ṣṇyā vṛṣán víśvā śaviṣṭha śávāsā | asmā́n ava maghavan gómati vrajé vajrín citrā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou hast spread abroad, by greatness and by manly might, O Bull, all things—O strongest—by thy strength. Protect us, O bounteous Vajrin, in the cattle-rich fold, with thy bright and manifold succours.

Translation

Con grandeza y con fuerza viril de Toro, oh Toro —oh el más fuerte—, con tu poder lo has extendido todo. Protégennos, oh generoso Maghavan, Vajrin, en el redil rico en ganado, con tus auxilios brillantes y variados.

Word by Word

• आ: forth; towards (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• पप्राथ: (he) has spread/expanded
• पप्राथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रथ् (प्रथँ विस्तारे)

• महिना: by greatness; by might
• महिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक: महिमन्)

• वृष्ण्या: by manly vigor; by virility
• वृष्ण्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक: वृष्ण्य-)

• वृषन्: O Bull (mighty one)
• वृषन्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक: वृषन्-)

• विश्वा: all (things)
• विश्वा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक: विश्व-)

• शविष्ठ: O most powerful
• शविष्ठ: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शविष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक: शविष्ठ-; superlative of शवीयस्/शवस् ‘strong’)

• शवसा: by strength; by force
• शवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक: शवस्-)

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

• अव: down; in aid; protect (as preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग) / ava (preverb)

• मघवन्: O bountiful one (Maghavan)
• मघवन्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक: मघवन्-)

• गोमति: in the cattle-rich
• गोमति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमत् (प्रातिपदिक: गोमत्-)

• व्रजे: in the pen/enclosure; in the settlement
• व्रजे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रज (प्रातिपदिक: व्रज-)

• वज्रिणम्: the wielder of the thunderbolt
• वज्रिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक: वज्रिन्-)

• चित्राभिः: with bright/wondrous
• चित्राभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्रा (प्रातिपदिक: चित्रा-)

• ऊतिभिः: helps; protections; aids
• ऊतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक: ऊति-)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra-stotra); in AV 20 treated as borrowed stotra material

Devata: Indra (Vajrin, Maghavan)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (Ṛgvedic-style)

Mantra Rasa

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