Mantra 15

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्मा इदु त्यदनु दाय्येषामेको यद् वव्ने भूरेरीशानः । प्रैतशं सूर्ये पस्पृधानं सौवश्व्ये सुष्विमावदिन्द्रः

IAST Transliteration

asmā́ id u tyád ánu dāyyeṣām éko yád vavné bhū́rer ī́śānaḥ | prá étaśaṃ sū́rye paspṛdhānáṃ sáuvaśvye súṣvim ā́vad índraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To him, yea, to him, that deed accords beyond the rest: alone, the lord, he won him abundant store. Indra gave aid to Etaśa, striving with the Sun, in the fair-horse contest, with the well-pressed draught.

Translation

उसी को—हाँ, उसी को—यह कर्म अन्य सब से बढ़कर शोभता है: एकमात्र वही स्वामी होकर, उसने प्रचुर धन-भंडार जीत लिया। सु-प्रेसित सोमरस के साथ, सु-अश्व्य (सुन्दर-घोड़े) की प्रतिस्पर्धा में, सूर्य से होड़ करने वाले एतश को इन्द्र ने सहायता दी।

Word by Word

अस्मैto him / for him

इदुindeed, just

त्यत्that (thing)

अनुafter, along

दायिbestowing, giving

एषाम्of these

एकःone (alone)

यत्which, that which

वव्नेchose, won

भूरेःof abundance / of the many

ईशानःruling, lordly

प्रforth, forward

एतशम्the bay (horse)

सूर्येin/at the Sun

पस्पृधानम्contending, vying

सौवश्व्येin the (state of) good steeds / in good-horse(-power)

सुष्विमावत्strong, well-formed

इन्द्रःIndra

Attribution

Rishi: Gautama

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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