Mantra 8

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सहस्राक्षेण शतवीर्येण शतायुषा हविषाहार्षमेनम्। इन्द्रो यथैनं शरदो नयात्यति विश्वस्य दुरितस्य पारम्

IAST Transliteration

sahasrākṣéṇa śatávīryeṇa śatā́yuṣā havíṣā́ ā́ harṣam enam | índro yáthainaṃ śarádo nayā́ty áti víśvasya duritásya pā́ram

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With thousand-eyed, hundred-strong, hundred-lived oblation I cheer him up; so that Indra may lead him through the autumns, beyond the farther shore of all distress.

Word by Word

• सहस्राक्षेण: with the thousand-eyed (one)
• सहस्राक्षेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्राक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र + अक्ष)

• शतवीर्येण: with hundredfold strength
• शतवीर्येण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; शत + वीर्य)

• शतायुषा: with a hundredfold lifespan
• शतायुषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतायुस् (प्रातिपदिक; शत + आयुस्)

• हविषा: with oblation
• हविषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहर्षम्: I gladdened / I made (him) rejoice
• आहर्षम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (finite form used as injunctive/aorist in Vedic) / verbal form
• Root: हृष् (धातु) → आ-हर्ष (कृदन्त/भाववाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

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

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नयाति: leads
• नयाति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु; नयति)

• अति: beyond, across
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• विश्वस्य: of all
• विश्वस्य: —
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुरितस्य: of misfortune/evil
• दुरितस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• पारम्: the farther shore; the end
• पारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived AV 20 layer; attribution uncertain without anukramaṇī.

Devata: Indra (with durita as adversarial condition)

Chandas: RV-style; likely Triṣṭubh (verification pending).

Mantra Rasa

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