Mantra 8

Sukta 135

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत श्वेत आशुपत्वा उतो पद्याभिर्यविष्ठः । उतेमाशु मानं पिपर्ति

IAST Transliteration

utá śvetá ā́śu-patvā utó padyā́bhir yáviṣṭhaḥ | utémā́śu mā́naṃ piparti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

And the White one too, swift-winged, and again the youngest, by his paces; yea, this measure he quickly filleth full.

Translation

और वह श्वेत (उज्ज्वल) भी—शीघ्र-पंखों वाला—और फिर वह सबसे कनिष्ठ, अपने पद-चरणों से; हाँ, यह मान (माप) वह शीघ्र ही भरकर पूर्ण कर देता है।

Word by Word

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• श्वेतः: white; bright
• श्वेतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)

• आशुपत्वा: by swift flight; with rapid winging
• आशुपत्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: आशु-पत्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• पद्याभिः: with feet/steps
• पद्याभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्य (प्रातिपदिक) < पद्

• यविष्ठः: most vigorous/impetuous (lit. ‘most barley-strong’)
• यविष्ठः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यविष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; यव-इष्ठ, अतिशयार्थक)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• इम: this
• इम: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverb)
• Root: आशु

• मानम्: measure; stature; honor
• मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिपर्ति: fills; makes full; completes
• पिपर्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पॄ पूरणे)

Attribution

Rishi: Angiras/Atharvanic transmission of RV-style Indra praise (book 20 is largely RV-derived)

Devata: Indra (implicitly, via stuti-epithets of swift aid/boon-filling)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (RV-style; exact metrical classification uncertain from isolated pādas)

Mantra Rasa

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