Mantra 3

Sukta 105

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इत ऊती वो अजरं प्रहेतारमप्रहितम्। आशुं जेतारं हेतारं रथीतममतूर्तं तुग्र्यावृधम्

IAST Transliteration

itá ūtí vo ajáraṃ prahétāram áprāhitaṃ | āśúṃ jétāraṃ hétāraṃ rathītamáṃ amátūrtaṃ tugryā́vṛdham

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hence be for you an aid that ages not—an unrepelled impeller; the swift conqueror, the smiter, the best of charioteers, the unconquered, the increaser of Tugrya.

Word by Word

• इ॒तः: from here
• इ॒तः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय; इदम्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• ऊ॒ती: help; protection
• ऊ॒ती: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति- (प्रातिपदिकम्; √अव्/√ऊ? 'to help, protect' से भाव)

• वः: for you; your
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अजरम्: unaging; undecaying
• अजरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजर- (प्रातिपदिकम्; अ- + जर 'aging')

• प्रहेतारम्: the impeller; sender; instigator
• प्रहेतारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-√हि (धातु) → प्रहेतृ- (कर्तृ-नाम)

• अप्रहितम्: unopposed; not held back / not checked
• अप्रहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + प्रहित- (कृदन्त; प्र-√हि/√धा 'to place/send forth' → 'sent forth/appointed')

• आशुम्: swift
• आशुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशु- (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• जेतारम्: conqueror; winner
• जेतारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: √जि (धातु) → जेतृ- (कर्तृ-नाम)

• हेतारम्: impeller; smiter
• हेतारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: √हि (धातु) → हेतृ- (कर्तृ-नाम; 'one who impels/strikes')

• रथीतमम्: best charioteer; most skilled with the chariot
• रथीतमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथिन्- (प्रातिपदिकम्) + तमप् (superlative)

• अमतूर्तम्: unoverpowered; unconquered
• अमतूर्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + मतूर्त- (प्रातिपदिकम्; 'overpowered/defeated' अर्थे)

• तुग्र्यावृधम्: increasing (the power/line) of Tugrya; Tugrya-enhancing
• तुग्र्यावृधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुग्र्य- (प्रातिपदिकम्; तुग्र्य-नाम/सम्बन्ध) + आवृध- (प्रातिपदिकम्; आ-√वृध् 'to increase' → 'increasing')

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (as per RV source of AV 20 material)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-like RV cadence (as transmitted in AV 20; metrical exactness depends on pada division)

Mantra Rasa

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