Mantra 8

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्वावतो न आ गहि परावतश्च वृत्रहन्। इमा जुषस्व नो गिरः

IAST Transliteration

arvā́vato na ā́ gahi parā́vataś ca vṛtrahan | imā́ juṣasva no gíraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From the nearer quarter come thou hither unto us, and from the far, O Vṛtra-slayer: accept with favour these our uttered strains.

Word by Word

• अर्वावतः: from (the place/person) having horses; from the horse-rich (region)
• अर्वावतः: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वावत् (प्रातिपदिक; अर्वन् ‘घोड़ा’ + -वत् ‘युक्त/सम्पन्न’)

• नः: to us / for us (our)
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither; towards (us)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गहि: come!
• गहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• परावतः: from afar; from a distant place
• परावतः: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: परावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दूरस्थ/परदेशीय’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• वृत्रहन्: O Vṛtra-slayer (Indra)
• वृत्रहन्: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन् ‘वधकर्ता’—इन्द्र का विशेषण)

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषस्व: accept; take pleasure in
• जुषस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जुष् (धातु; ‘सेव्/प्रीण्/स्वीकृ’)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरः: songs; hymns; praises
• गिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘वाणी/स्तुति/गीत’)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra hymn material); in AV 20 typically attributed per RV Anukramaṇī to the corresponding RV seer (often Vasiṣṭha/Viśvāmitra families depending on the source hymn).

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted in this pāda structure)

Mantra Rasa

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