Mantra 5

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ हरयः ससृज्रिरेऽरुषीरधि बर्हिषि । यत्राभि संनवामहे

IAST Transliteration

ā́ háryaḥ sasṛjrire ’rúṣīr ádhi bárhiṣi | yátrābhí saṃnávāmahe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither have the tawny, ruddy steeds sped, upon the sacred grass—there where we urge our invocation on.

Translation

Aquí han corrido los corceles leonados, rojizos, sobre la hierba sagrada, el barhis; allí apremiamos nuestra invocación una y otra vez.

Word by Word

• आ: towards; hither (preverb to the verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• हरयः: the tawny ones; (tawny) horses
• हरयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) / hari

• ससृज्रिरे: they have sped/streamed forth; they rushed
• ससृज्रिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) / sṛj

• अरुषीः: the ruddy/tawny (mares/ones)
• अरुषीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अरुषी (प्रातिपदिक) / aruṣī

• अधि: upon; on
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/उपपद-अव्यय) / adhi

• बर्हिषि: on the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक) / barhis

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय) / yatra

• अभि: towards; unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / abhi

• सं: together; completely
• सं: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / sam

• नवामहे: we praise; we extol
• नवामहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नु (धातु) / nu (to praise, to extol)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-layer attribution (requires concordance)

Devata: Indra (via his steeds)

Chandas: RV stotra meter (requires scan)

Mantra Rasa

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