Mantra 7

Sukta 125

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स सुत्रामा स्ववाँ इन्द्रो अस्मदाराच्चिद् द्वेषः सनुतर्युयोतु । तस्य वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियस्यापि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम

IAST Transliteration

sá sutrā́mā svávāṁ índro asmád ārā́c cid dvéṣaḥ sanútar yuyotu | tásya vayáṁ sumatáu yajñíyasyā́pi bhadré sáumanase syāma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May he—Indra, good Protector, self-strong—remove Hatred from us, yea, set it yet farther away. Under that worshipful One’s good favor may we abide, moreover, in welfare and in kindly concord.

Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुत्रामा: having good protection / good protector
• सुत्रामा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-त्रामन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good-protector’)

• स्ववान्: wealthy, powerful
• स्ववान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ववत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing wealth/strength/one’s own’)

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

• अस्मद्: from us (as the reference ‘we’)
• अस्मद्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आरात्: far away
• आरात्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आरात् (अव्यय)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय; emphatic)

• द्वेषः: hatred, hostility
• द्वेषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनुतरि: still farther
• सनुतरि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सनुतरि (अव्यय; ‘further away/at a greater distance’)

• युयोतु: may he drive away / keep away
• युयोतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यु (धातु; ‘to separate/keep away’), लोट्

• तस्य: of him (of that one)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमतौ: in (his) good favor / goodwill
• सुमतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-मति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good thought/favor’)

• यज्ञियस्य: of the sacrificial-worthy (Indra)
• यज्ञियस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of sacrifice’)

• अपि: also, indeed
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• भद्रे: in auspiciousness / in good fortune
• भद्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सौमनसे: in good will / concord
• सौमनसे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमनस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good-mindedness, harmony’)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; ‘to be’), विधिलिङ्

Attribution

Rishi: As per RV source tradition for this Indra-stuti cluster (AV 20 reprise).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: RV-derived meter (Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type); requires metrical verification.

Mantra Rasa

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