Mantra 21
Sukta 93
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आ तू सुशिप्र दंपते रथं तिष्ठा हिरण्ययम्। अध द्युक्षं सचेवहि सहस्रपादमरुषं स्वस्तिगामनेहसम्
IAST Transliteration
ā́ tú suśipra dampate ráthaṃ tiṣṭhā hiraṇyáyam | ádha dyukṣáṃ sacevahi sahásrapādam aruṣáṃ svastígāmanehásam
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Come thou, fair-lipped, O Lord of the house; ascend the golden car. Then bring with thee the radiant power, thousand-footed, ruddy, hither-hastening, that goeth forth for our welfare.
Word by Word
आhither; towards (as a preverb: ‘come/bring here’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
तूindeed; just; now (emphasis)
तू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतू (निपात) / tū (particle)
सुशिप्रO fair-lipped / O of beautiful jaws (epithet)
सुशिप्र:
सम्बोधन (address) / vocative
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसु-शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक) / su-śipra
दम्पतेO lord of the house; O master
दम्पते:
सम्बोधन (address) / vocative
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootदम्पति (प्रातिपदिक) / dampati
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
कर्म (object) / Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक) / ratha
तिष्ठmount; stand; take your place
तिष्ठ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) / √sthā
हिरण्ययम्golden
हिरण्ययम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक) / hiraṇyaya
अधthen; thereafter
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात) / adha
द्युक्षम्shining; radiant
द्युक्षम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
TypeAdjective
Rootद्युक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) / dyukṣa
सचेवहिconvey/bring along in companionship; drive together (with it)
सचेवहि:
—
TypeVerb (compound verbal form)
Rootसच् (धातु) + वह् (धातु) / √sac + √vah
सहस्रपादम्thousand-footed (very many-footed)
सहस्रपादम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-पाद (प्रातिपदिक) / sahasra-pāda
अरुषम्ruddy; tawny
अरुषम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
TypeAdjective
Rootअरुष (प्रातिपदिक) / aruṣa
स्वस्तिगाम्bringing welfare; auspicious-going
स्वस्तिगाम्:
कर्म (object/qualifier) / Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वस्ति-गा (प्रातिपदिक) / svasti-gā
अनेहसम्unfailing; not sluggish; unhindered
अनेहसम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण) / qualifier of object
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेहस (प्रातिपदिक) / anehasa
Attribution
Rishi: RV-derived attribution (source dependent)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (RV reuse)
Mantra Rasa
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