Mantra 1

Sukta 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शुष्मिन्तमं न ऊतये द्युम्निनं पाहि जागृविम्। इन्द्र सोमं शतक्रतो

IAST Transliteration

śuṣmíntamaṃ na ūtáye dyumnínaṃ pāhi jā́gr̥vim | índra sómaṃ śatakrato

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Most mighty in thy force, for our defence—glorious and ever-wakeful—guard thou us. O Indra, Hundred-counselled, (guard) the Soma.

Word by Word

• शुष्मिन्तमम्: the most mighty/most vigorous
• शुष्मिन्तमम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक) ← शुष्म

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ऊतये: for help/protection
• ऊतये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)

• द्युम्निनम्: the glorious/splendid one
• द्युम्निनम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युम्निन् (प्रातिपदिक) ← द्युम्न

• पाहि: protect!
• पाहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) ‘to protect’

• जागृविम्: the wakeful/vigilant one
• जागृविम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: जागृवि (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) ← √जागृ ‘to be awake’

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

• सोमम्: Soma (the soma-drink)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतक्रतो: O hundred-powered/possessing a hundred powers
• शतक्रतो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: शतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि) = शत + क्रतु

Attribution

Rishi: RV-source tradition (Indra-stotra); in AV 20 typically adopts RV r̥ṣi attribution for the borrowed verse (to be confirmed per pada-anukramaṇī).

Devata: Indra (with Soma as associated ritual power).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type RV metre tradition (to be confirmed per anukramaṇī for this specific verse).

Mantra Rasa

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