Mantra 1

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहमिद्धि पितुष्परि मेधामृतस्य जग्रभ । अहं सूर्य इवाजनि

IAST Transliteration

ahám íd dhi pitúṣ pári medhā́m ṛtásya jagrábha | aháṁ sū́rya ivaājani

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I verily, even from the Father, have taken to me the wisdom of Order; I, like the Sun, have been brought to birth.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इद्धि: indeed, surely
• इद्धि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद्धि (निपात; बलार्थक/निश्चयार्थक)

• पितुः: of (my/the) father
• पितुः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: from, around; (here) from
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मेधाम्: wisdom, intelligence
• मेधाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• जग्रभ: has seized/taken/received
• जग्रभ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) < उपसर्ग: ज- (अभ्यास; लिट्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: उपमान (इव-योगे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• अजनि: was born, came into being
• अजनि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic self-laudatory/ṛṣi-voice tradition (borrowed into AV 20); specific r̥ṣi depends on RV source.

Devata: Medhā / Ṛta / Sūrya (concept-deity complex; primary tone is self-empowerment under ṛta)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like brevity with RV stylistics (exact scan depends on RV original).

Mantra Rasa

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