Mantra 5

Sukta 125

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुत्रमिव पितरावश्विनोभेन्द्रावथुः काव्यैर्दंसनाभिः । यत् सुरामं व्यपिबः शचीभिः सरस्वती त्वा मघवन्नभिष्णक्

IAST Transliteration

putrám-iva pitarāv aśvinó bhā́ índrāvathuḥ kā́vyair daṃsanā́bhiḥ | yát surā́ṃ vyápibaḥ śácībhiḥ sárasvatī tvā maghavann abhiṣṇák

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As parents a son, the two Aśvins—yea—protected thee, O Indra, with Kāvya-craft and wondrous powers; when thou didst drink the surā with thy efficacious might, Sarasvatī, O Maghavan, set thee forward in strength.

Word by Word

• पुत्रम्: son (as object/like a son)
• पुत्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पितरौ: two fathers/parents
• पितरौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विनौ: the two Aśvins
• अश्विनौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उभा: both
• उभा: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रौ: two Indras (dual form; paired with Aśvins in praise)
• इन्द्रौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथुः: they two helped/protected
• अथुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु) / अवते (पालने)

• काव्यैः: with poetic (devices)/with Kāvya-arts
• काव्यैः: करण
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: काव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दंसनाभिः: with wondrous powers/acts
• दंसनाभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंसना (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुराम्: surā-liquor
• सुराम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यपिबः: you drank up/drank
• व्यपिबः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) / पिबति (पाने)

• शचीभिः: with powers/with effective energies (śacīs)
• शचीभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मघवन्: O bountiful one (Maghavan)
• मघवन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिष्णक्: has smitten/has pressed upon (has overcome)
• अभिष्णक्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-ष्णह्/ष्णक् (धातु; ‘to strike/press upon’, Vedic)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (AV 20 reprise).

Devata: Aśvins; Sarasvatī; Indra (central beneficiary)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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