Mantra 2
Sukta 27
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शिक्षेयमस्मै दित्सेयं शचीपते मनीषिणे । यदहं गोपतिः स्याम्
IAST Transliteration
śíkṣeyam asmai dítsēyaṃ śacī́pate manīṣíṇe | yád aháṃ gopátiḥ syām
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
May I gain skill; may I bestow for him—O Lord of Śacī, wise in counsel—so that I may become a lord of cows.
Word by Word
शिक्षेयम्may I learn / may I be trained
शिक्षेयम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√शिक्ष् (शिक्षा-; ‘to learn/teach, train’)
अस्मैfor him / to him
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
दित्सेयम्may I wish to give / may I give
दित्सेयम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√दा (दाने) (इच्छार्थे: दित्स- ‘desire to give’)
शचीपतेO lord of Śacī (Indra)
शचीपते:
(Sambोधन) संबोधितः
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootशचीपति (प्रातिपदिकम्; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
मनीषिणेto/for the wise one
मनीषिणे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
यत्that which / because
यत्:
(Clause-linker)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (अस्मद्)
गोपतिःlord/protector of cattle
गोपतिः:
(Predicate-nominative) विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootगोपति (गो + पति)
स्याम्may I be
स्याम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू/अस्; ‘to be’)
Attribution
Rishi: RV-derived Indra-stuti seer (specific attribution depends on RV parallel).
Devata: Indra (Śacīpati)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; RV stotra form).
Mantra Rasa
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