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Mantra 2

Sukta 55

या इन्द्र भुज आभरः स्वर्वां असुरेभ्यः । स्तोतारमिन्मघवन्नस्य वर्धय ये च त्वे वृक्तबर्हिषः

yā́ índra bhúja ā́ abharaḥ svàr-vāṃ ásurebhyaḥ | stótāram ín maghavann asyá vardhaya yé ca tvé vṛktá-barhiṣaḥ

The aids, O Indra, which thou broughtest—heaven-bright good—from out the Asuras: the praiser—him, O bounteous—do thou increase, and those besides who, on thy side, have strewn the sacred grass.

याःwhich (those)
याः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(Sambodhana; संबोधन-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
भुजःarms
भुजः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुज् (prātipadika; ‘arm/forearm’)
towards, hither
:
TypePreverb
Rootआ (upasarga)
अभरःyou brought
अभरः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरणे)
स्वर्वान्heavenly, possessing light (svàr)
स्वर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वर्वन्त् (prātipadika)
असुरेभ्यःfrom the Asuras
असुरेभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (prātipadika)
स्तोतारम्the praiser
स्तोतारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोतृ (prātipadika)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (nipāta)
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
(Sambodhana; संबोधन-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (prātipadika; epithet of Indra)
अस्यof him/this (one)
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्/अदस्-प्रत्ययान्त (sarvanāma-prātipadika: ‘this’)
वर्धयincrease, strengthen
वर्धय:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धने)
येwho (those)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya)
त्वेin you
त्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वृक्तबर्हिषः(those) whose sacrificial grass is strewn/cut (i.e., with prepared barhis)
वृक्तबर्हिषः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa usage)
Rootवृक्त-बर्हिस् (समासः: वृक्त ‘cut/strewn’ + बर्हिस् ‘sacrificial grass’)

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra vs Asura motif)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (exact RV source needed for certainty)

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