Mantra 3

Sukta 110

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रिकद्रुकेषु चेतनं देवासो यज्ञमत्नत । तमिद् वर्धन्तु नो गिरः

IAST Transliteration

trikadrúkeṣu cetánaṃ devā́so yajñám atnata | tám íd vardhantu no gíraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the Trikadruka pressings the Gods stretched forth the quickening power, the Sacrifice. That very power—may our uttered hymns increase it.

Word by Word

• त्रिकद्रुकेषु: in the Trikadrukas (three-pressing places/three Soma-pressings)
• त्रिकद्रुकेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिकद्रुक (प्रातिपदिक)

• चेतनम्: the impulse/animation; the enlivening (power)
• चेतनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतन (प्रातिपदिक; √चित् ‘to perceive/know’ से)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्नत: they set in motion / they strove for
• अत्नत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अत्/अत्न् (गत्यर्थ/प्रयत्नार्थ; ‘to go/strive, set in motion’)

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed; just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• वर्धन्तु: let (them) increase
• वर्धन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धने)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• गिरः: songs; hymns; utterances
• गिरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (AV 20 ‘borrowed’ material); specific r̥ṣi not determinable from the provided excerpt alone.

Devata: Devas (collective), with Soma-rite as the operative focus.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-family in RV source; meter not securely determinable from excerpt alone.

Mantra Rasa

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