Mantra 1

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ तू न इन्द्र मद्र्यऽग्घुवानः सोमपीतये । हरिभ्यां याह्यद्रिवः

IAST Transliteration

ā́ tú na indra madŕyak huvānás sómapītaye | háribhyāṃ yāhy adrivaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Come then to us, O Indra, gladdening, being invoked for soma-drinking; with thy two tawny steeds drive hither, O stone-wielder.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards (inviting/approaching)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तु: indeed; now; but (emphatic particle)
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (निपात)

• नः: to us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मद्र्यक्: exhilaratingly; in a gladdening way
• मद्र्यक्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद्र्यक् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाव/विशेषणार्थ)

• अघ्वानः: calling/crying aloud; invoking (as one who calls)
• अघ्वानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: अघ्वान (प्रातिपदिक; कृत्-रूप, √अह्/अघ्? ‘गमन/आह्वान’ परम्परागत व्याख्या: ‘आह्वानकर्ता/आगच्छन्’)

• सोमपीतये: for Soma-drinking; for the drinking of Soma
• सोमपीतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-पीति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सोम’ + ‘पीति’)

• हरिभ्याम्: with the two bay steeds
• हरिभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• याहि: come; drive (hither)
• याहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (गत्यर्थ)

• अद्रिवः: O wielder of the stone/bolt (Vajra); O Adrivah
• अद्रिवः: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अद्रि-वस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अद्रि’=वज्र/पाषाण + ‘वस्’=धारयितृ; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-layer attribution (requires concordance)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: RV stotra meter (requires scan)

Mantra Rasa

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