Mantra 6

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो रध्रस्य चोदिता यः कृशस्य यो ब्रह्मणो नाधमानस्य कीरेः । युक्तग्राव्णो योऽविता सुशिप्रः सुतसोमस्य स जनास इन्द्रः

IAST Transliteration

yó radhrásya coditā́ yáḥ kṛśásya yó bráhmaṇo nā́dhamānasya kīréḥ | yuktágrāvṇo yó ’vitā́ suśípráḥ sutásomasya sá janāsa índraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who is prompter of the needy, who of the feeble; who of the prayer of the singer in distress; who, with pressing-stones made ready, is helper—fair-lipped—of the Soma when pressed: he, O peoples, is Indra.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रध्रस्य: of the needy/poor (wretched one)
• रध्रस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रध्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• चोदिता: impeller, instigator
• चोदिता: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: चुद् (धातु) → चोदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृशस्य: of the lean/weak one
• कृशस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: कृश (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्राह्मणः: of the brahman/priest
• ब्राह्मणः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाधमानस्य: of the lamenting/crying one
• नाधमानस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Participle (used substantively)
• Root: नाधमान (प्रातिपदिक; √नाध्/नाध् ‘to cry/roar, lament’ इत्यस्य वर्तमानकृदन्त-आधारः)

• कीरेः: of the singer/poet
• कीरेः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• युक्तग्राव्णः: of him whose pressing-stones are yoked/ready
• युक्तग्राव्णः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: युक्त (√युज्) + ग्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक) → बहुव्रीहिः

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अविता: protector, helper
• अविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अव् (धातु) → अवितृ/अविता (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुशिप्रः: having fair/strong jaws (handsome-lipped)
• सुशिप्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक) → बहुव्रीहिः

• सुतसोमस्य: of the pressed Soma
• सुतसोमस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सुत (√सु ‘to press’) + सोम (प्रातिपदिक) → तत्पुरुषः

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जनासः: the peoples, men
• जनासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनास (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक बहुवचन-रूप)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: By RV-source concordance for AV 20 material (Indra-stuti tradition).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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