Mantra 3
Sukta 20
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अगन्निन्द्र श्रवो बृहद् द्युम्नं दधिष्व दुष्टरम्। उत् ते शुष्मं तिरामसि
IAST Transliteration
ágan índra śrávo br̥hád dyumnáṃ dadhiṣva duṣṭáram | út te śúṣmaṃ tirāmasi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
There hath come, O Indra, mighty fame: assume thou glory unconquerable. Forth do we press beyond, by thy strong force.
Word by Word
अगन्he went / he came
अगन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रवःfame, renown
श्रवः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहत्great
बृहत्:
कर्म (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यु्म्नम्splendour, brilliance
द्यु्म्नम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु्म्न (प्रातिपदिक)
दधिष्वplace, put on (for yourself)
दधिष्व:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
दुष्टरम्hard to overcome, formidable
दुष्टरम्:
कर्म (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुष्टर (प्रातिपदिक; दु- + स्तॄ/तॄ ‘to cross’ से निष्पन्न ‘hard to cross’)
उत्up, forth
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
शुष्मम्strength, might
शुष्मम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशुष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
तिरामसिwe cross over, we overcome
तिरामसि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootतॄ (धातु; ‘to cross, overcome’)
Attribution
Rishi: RV-source tradition (to be confirmed per anukramaṇī).
Devata: Indra.
Chandas: RV-derived metre (to be confirmed).
Mantra Rasa
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