Mantra 3

Sukta 45

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वस्तिष्ठा न ऊतयेऽस्मिन् वाजे शतक्रतो । समन्येषु ब्रवावहै

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhvás tíṣṭhā na ūtáye ’smín vā́je śatakrato | sám anyéṣu bravāvahai

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Stand up aloft for our succour, O Hundred-powered, in this winning of the prize: in concert, in the midst of the others, let us make our utterance.

Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वः: upright; standing up
• ऊर्ध्वः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिष्ठ: stand!
• तिष्ठ: (मुख्य क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊतये: for help; for aid
• ऊतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजे: in the contest; in the race (for prize)
• वाजे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• शतक्रतो: O Śatakratu (Indra), of a hundred powers/rites
• शतक्रतो: (सम्बोधन) —
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शतक्रतु (बहुव्रीहि-प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

• सम्: together; jointly
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अन्येषु: among others; in other (cases/places)
• अन्येषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रवावहै: let us two speak; may we two proclaim
• ब्रवावहै: (मुख्य क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic attribution (Indra hymn material); in AV20 typically preserves RV r̥ṣi as in the source hymn (Indra-related seers of the RV tradition).

Devata: Indra (Śatakratu)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh/Triṣṭubh-family cadence as inherited from RV source (exact meter depends on RV original); AV20 often retains RV meters.

Mantra Rasa

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