Mantra 9
Sukta 24
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
त्वां सुतस्य पीतये प्रत्नमिन्द्र हवामहे । कुशिकासो अवस्यवः
IAST Transliteration
tvā́ṁ sutásya pītáye pratnáṁ índra havāmahe | kuśikā́so avasyávaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thee, Indra, the ancient one, for drinking of the pressed Soma we invoke— we Kuśikas, craving succor.
Word by Word
त्वाम्you (as the one invoked)
त्वाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुतस्यof the pressed Soma
सुतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (√सु ‘to press/extract’ → सोम-रसः ‘pressed Soma’)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootपीति (√पा ‘to drink’ → ‘drinking’)
प्रत्नम्ancient, primeval
प्रत्नम्:
कर्म (विशेष्य-इन्द्रस्य कर्मत्वे सह)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रत्न (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke/call
हवामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/ह्वयते) ‘to call, invoke’
कुशिकासःthe Kuśikas (a clan/lineage)
कुशिकासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकुशिक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कुशिक-वंशजाः/कुशिक-गोत्रीयाः’)
अवस्यवःseeking help/protection
अवस्यवः:
कर्तृ (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अवस्’ = सहायता/रक्षा + इच्छार्थक ‘-yu’)
Attribution
Rishi: As in RV parallel (Kuśika-associated tradition in the verse itself)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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