Mantra 21

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुनरेहि वृषाकपे सुविता कल्पयावहै । य एष स्वप्ननंशनोऽस्तमेषि पथा पुनर्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः

IAST Transliteration

púnar ehi vṛṣākape suvítā kalpayāvahai | yá eṣá svápnanaṃśano’stám éṣi pathā́ púnar víśvasmā́d índra úttaraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come back again, O Vṛṣākapi; let us set in order safe-going and good success. Thou who art this dispeller of dream and sleep, thou goest home again by the path: from all men, O Indra, thou art the higher.

Translation

Reviens encore, ô Vṛṣākapi; mettons en ordre la marche sûre et la bonne réussite. Toi qui dissipes le rêve et le sommeil, tu rentres de nouveau par le chemin : au-dessus de tous les hommes, ô Indra, tu es le plus haut.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikaraṇa (काल/पुनरावृत्ति-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनर् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• एहि: come!
• एहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• वृषाकपे: O Vṛṣākapi (epithet/name)
• वृषाकपे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: वृषाकपि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुविता: good guidance / good leading
• सुविता: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुविता (प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पयावहै: let us two arrange/prepare
• कल्पयावहै: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप्/कल्प् (धातु; causative stem कल्पय-)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Kartā (यः-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वप्ननंशानः: the destroyer/dispeller of sleep (or dream)
• स्वप्ननंशानः: Kartā (एषः-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: स्वप्न-नंशान (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)

• अस्तम्: to the setting (west), home
• अस्तम्: Adhikaraṇa (गति-लक्ष्य/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्तम् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘अस्त’ = home/down)

• एषि: you go
• एषि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• पथा: by the path
• पथा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikaraṇa (पुनरावृत्ति-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनर् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वस्मात्: from all (from everything)
• विश्वस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective/Substantive
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तरः: higher; superior; later/upper
• उत्तरः: Kartā (इन्द्रः-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra/Vṛṣākapi cycle (RV-derived)

Devata: Vṛṣākapi / Indra (as superior protector)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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