Mantra 2

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहं प्रत्नेन मन्मना गिरः शुम्भामि कण्ववत्। येनेन्द्रः शुष्ममिद् दधे

IAST Transliteration

aháṁ pratnéna mánmanā gíraḥ śumbhāmi kaṇvávat | yénéndraḥ śúṣmam íd dadhé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With ancient thought I deck and hallow sacred songs, as did the Kanvas—by which Indra hath assumed his very might.

Translation

Par une pensée antique, j’orne et je sanctifie les chants sacrés, comme le firent les Kanva ; par cela Indra a revêtu toute sa puissance.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रत्नेन: with the ancient (custom/way); by ancient (means)
• प्रत्नेन: करण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्मना: with (my) thought/mind
• मन्मना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, mind, intention’)

• गिरः: hymns/utterances
• गिरः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘speech, hymn’)

• शुम्भामि: I adorn / make splendid
• शुम्भामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु; ‘to adorn, make splendid, purify’)

• कण्ववत्: like (the seer) Kaṇva
• कण्ववत्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Adjective (comparative-like, -वत्)
• Root: कण्ववत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘like Kaṇva’)

• येन: by which (means)
• येन: करण
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुष्मम्: strength, vigor
• शुष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक; ‘might, vigor’)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: सम्बन्ध/बलार्थक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic particle)

• दधे: he has placed/assumed (for himself)
• दधे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु; ‘to place, put, establish’)

Attribution

Rishi: Kanva-associated voice/tradition (explicitly invoked by ‘kaṇvavat’)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh/Triṣṭubh mixture per RV source; requires metrical verification against RV original.

Mantra Rasa

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