Mantra 3
Sukta 51
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प्र सु श्रुतं सुराधसमर्चा शक्रमभिष्टये । यः सुन्वते स्तुवते काम्यं वसु सहस्रेणेव मंहते
IAST Transliteration
prá sú śrutáṃ surā́dhasam árcā śakrám abhíṣṭaye | yáḥ sunváte stúvate kāmyáṃ vásu sahásreṇeva máṃhate
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Praise forth, yea praise, the famed and bounteous Śakra for our succor: who to the Soma-presser, to the singer, grants the wished-for good, as though he lavished it a thousandfold.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward (preverb)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
सुwell, good (preverb)
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (उपसर्ग)
श्रुतम्heard of; renowned
श्रुतम्:
Karma (स्तुत्य-वस्तु) / विशेष्य
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रुत (√श्रु ‘to hear’)
सुwell (intensifier)
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (उपसर्ग)
राधसम्bounty, generosity, wealth
राधसम्:
Karma (स्तुत्य-वस्तु) / विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्चाI shall/let me praise
अर्चा:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अर्च् (to praise, worship)
शक्रम्Śakra (Indra)
शक्रम्:
Karma (स्तुत्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (इन्द्र-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)
अभिष्टयेfor help; for aid
अभिष्टये:
Sampradāna (प्रयोजन/हित)
TypeNoun
Rootअभिष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्धवाक्ये)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुन्वतेto the Soma-presser
सुन्वते:
Sampradāna (यस्य हिताय)
TypeNoun/Participle
Root√सु (to press Soma) → सुन्वत्
स्तुवतेto the praiser
स्तुवते:
Sampradāna (यस्य हिताय)
TypeNoun/Participle
Root√स्तु (to praise) → स्तुवत्
काम्यम्desirable, wished-for
काम्यम्:
Karma (वसु-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकाम्य (प्रातिपदिक; from काम ‘desire’)
वसुwealth, good
वसु:
Karma (ददाति/प्रयच्छति—अध्याहृत)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रेणwith a thousand; by a thousand
सहस्रेण:
Karaṇa (उपमान-प्रयोगे साधनवत्)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
मंहतेbestows; grants generously
मंहते:
— (क्रिया; कर्ता = यः/शक्रः)
TypeVerb
Root√मंह्/√मह् (to grant, bestow; be liberal)
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra stotra source)
Devata: Indra (Śakra)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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