Mantra 4
Sukta 24
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्रं सोमस्य पीतये स्तोमैरिह हवामहे । उक्थेभिः कुविदागमत्
IAST Transliteration
índraṃ sómasya pītáye stómair ihá havāmahe | ukthébhiḥ kúvid ā́gamat ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Indra for Soma’s drinking we here invoke with praises; with solemn recitations—will he, perchance, come hither?
Word by Word
इन्द्रम्Indra (as the object of invocation)
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/for)
TypeNoun
Rootपीति (प्रातिपदिक; √पा ‘to drink’ से भाव/कृदन्त-आधारित संज्ञा)
स्तोमैःwith hymns/praises
स्तोमैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
हवामहेwe invoke/call
हवामहे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: वयम्)
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/आह्वयति) आत्मनेपदी
उक्थेभिःwith recitations/solemn chants
उक्थेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
कुविद्whether indeed?/perhaps
कुविद्:
(क्रियाविशेषण; सम्भावना/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुविद् (निपात/अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थ-सम्भावनार्थ)
आhither, towards
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषण; आगमन-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
गमत्may he come / let him come
गमत्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: इन्द्रः)
TypeVerb
Root√गम्
Attribution
Rishi: Rigvedic seer-tradition (as transmitted into AV 20)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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