Mantra 3

Sukta 94

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एन्द्रवाहो नृपतिं वज्रबाहुमुग्रमुग्रासस्तविषास एनम्। प्रत्वक्षसं वृषभं सत्यशुष्ममेमस्मत्रा सधमादो वहन्तु

IAST Transliteration

éndravāho nṛpátiṃ vájrabāhum ugrám ugrā́sas tavíṣāsa enam | pratvakṣásaṃ vṛṣabháṃ satyáśuṣmam imám asmatrā́ sadhámādo vahantu |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Indra-bearers—fierce and strong—bear hither to our side this lord of men, the thunderbolt-armed, the fierce; him waxing strong, the Bull of true might: let the fellow-rejoicers convey him.

Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• इन्द्रवाहः: Indra-borne / having Indra as (its) bearer
• इन्द्रवाहः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र-वाह (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र + वाह ‘carrying’)

• नृपतिम्: the lord of men, king
• नृपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रबाहुम्: having the thunderbolt as arm / thunder-armed
• वज्रबाहुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्र-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रम्: fierce, mighty
• उग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रासः: the fierce ones
• उग्रासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तविषासः: the strong ones / powers
• तविषासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तविष (प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• त्वक्षसम्: vigorous, strong-bodied (lit. having firm ‘skin/covering’)
• त्वक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभम्: bull; (fig.) the pre-eminent one
• वृषभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्यशुष्मम्: whose might is true / truly powerful
• सत्यशुष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक; सत्य + शुष्म)

• इमम्: this (one), him here
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मत्रा: hither to us; in our direction
• अस्मत्रा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्मद् + -त्रा (अव्यय-निर्माण)

• सधमादः: companions at the common feast/pressing; fellow-revellers
• सधमादः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सधमाद (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्तु: let them carry/bring
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra hymn material)

Devata: Indra (and his bearers/teams as subsidiary agents)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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