Mantra 15

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वृषभो न तिग्मशृङ्गोऽन्तर्यूथेषु रोरुवत्। मन्थस्त इन्द्र शं हृदे यं ते सुनोति भावयुर्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः

IAST Transliteration

vṛṣabhó ná tigmá-śṛṅgo ’ntár-yūtheṣu róruvat | mánthas te índra śáṃ hṛdé yáṃ te sunóti bhāvayúr víśvasmā́d índra úttaraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Like a sharp-horned bull, roaring amid the herds: the churned draught, O Indra, is welfare to thy heart, which the quickener presses out for thee. Indra is higher than all.

Word by Word

• वृषभः: the bull (strong one)
• वृषभः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like/as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• तिग्मशृङ्गः: sharp-horned (one)
• तिग्मशृङ्गः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: तिग्म-शृङ्ग (समास प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्यूथेषु: among/within the herds
• अन्तर्यूथेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative phrase)
• Root: अन्तर् + यूथ (समास प्रातिपदिक)

• रोरुवत्: roared/cried aloud
• रोरुवत्: —
• Type: Verb (finite; intensive)
• Root: रु (धातु) → रोरु- (प्रत्ययान्त धातु-आधार) + वत्

• मन्थः: the churning-staff; churner
• मन्थः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna (addressed)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well; auspiciously
• शम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• हृदे: for the heart
• हृदे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• सुनोति: presses out; expresses (Soma)
• सुनोति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सु (धातु)

• भावयुः: the invigorator; promoter (of strength)
• भावयुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भावयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘one who causes to thrive/strengthen’)

• विश्वस्मात्: from all (things); from everyone
• विश्वस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna (addressed)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तरः: higher; superior; victorious
• उत्तरः: Kartā / (predicate of Indra)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra-stuti tradition (Rigvedic stratum reused in AV 20)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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