Mantra 9

Sukta 137

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अध द्रप्सो अंशुमत्या उपस्थेऽधारयत्तन्वं तित्विषाणः । विशो अदेवीरभ्या३चरन्तीर्बृहस्पतिना युजेन्द्रः ससाहे

IAST Transliteration

ádha drapso aṁśumátyā upásthe ’dhārayat tanvàṁ titviṣāṇáḥ | víśo ádevīr abhyā́carantīr bṛ́haspátinā yujé índraḥ sasāhe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Then in the lap of the ray-bearing (Soma) the drop upheld his body, flashing forth: Indra, in yoking with Br̥haspati, overcame the ungodly clans that moved to assail him.

Word by Word

• अध: then, now
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (अव्यय)

• द्रप्सः: the drop; (here) the shining drop (Soma)
• द्रप्सः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रप्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• अंशुमत्या: with the ray-bearing (one), with the radiant (Soma/beam)
• अंशुमत्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अंशुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थे: in the lap, in the bosom
• उपस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधारयत्: he held, he supported
• अधारयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)

• तन्वम्: the body, the person
• तन्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• तित्विषाणः: shining, blazing
• तित्विषाणः: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तित्विष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धातु: त्विष् ‘दीप्तौ’ का सघन/पुनरुक्त-रूप)

• विशः: the clans, the peoples
• विशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदेवीः: non-divine, hostile
• अदेवीः: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदेवी (प्रातिपदिक; न-देवी ‘not divine/hostile’)

• अभ्याचरन्तीः: practising against, attacking (with hostile acts/spells)
• अभ्याचरन्तीः: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle
• Root: अभि-आ-चर् (धातु)

• बृहस्पतिना: with Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• युजा: as an ally, with a yokefellow
• युजा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: युज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘companion/ally’, from √युज्)

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

• ससाहे: he overcame, he prevailed
• ससाहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra-related Ṛgvedic seer-tradition (AV 20 is largely Ṛgvedic reprise; exact r̥ṣi attribution follows the RV source-hymn).

Devata: Indra (with Br̥haspati as allied priestly power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style heroic meter)

Mantra Rasa

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