Mantra 15

Sukta 92

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनु प्रत्नस्यौकसः प्रियमेधास एषाम्। पूर्वामनु प्रयतिं वृक्तबर्हिषो हितप्रयस आशत

IAST Transliteration

ánu pratnásyókasas priyámédhāsa eṣām | pū́rvām ánu práyatíṁ vṛktábárhiṣo hitáprayas āśata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Following the ancient seat (of worship), these men of acceptable skill in sacrifice—having strewn the grass and set the offerings in order—attained, in due succession, the former path of advance.

Word by Word

• अनु: after; along; in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रत्नस्य: of the ancient/primeval
• प्रत्नस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओकसः: of the dwelling/house; of the abode
• ओकसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियमेधासः: the Priyamedhas (a seer-family); the ‘dear-wise’ ones
• प्रियमेधासः: कर्तृ (of the following verb)
• Type: Noun (proper/tribal name) / Adjective
• Root: प्रियमेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• एषाम्: of these; their
• एषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वाम्: the former/earlier (one)
• पूर्वाम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रयतिम्: the forward course/advance; the effort/impulse
• प्रयतिम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्तबर्हिषः: having cut/spread the sacrificial grass (barhis)
• वृक्तबर्हिषः: कर्तृ (apposition to प्रियमेधासः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृक्त-बर्हिस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• हितप्रयसः: whose offerings/refreshments are set/placed; having arranged oblations
• हितप्रयसः: कर्तृ (apposition to प्रियमेधासः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित-प्रयस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• आशत: they reached/attained
• आशत: क्रिया (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नुते/अश्नोति) / वैदिक: √अश् ‘to reach, attain’

Attribution

Rishi: As in RV parallel Indra-stotra tradition (RV-derived in AV 20; r̥ṣi attribution follows the RV source for this verse-group).

Devata: Indra (contextual deity of the surrounding stotra sequence).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type stotra meter (as per RV source context; AV 20 preserves RV meters).

Mantra Rasa

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