Mantra 14

Sukta 57

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वयं घ त्वा सुतावन्त आपो न वृक्तबर्हिषः । पवित्रस्य प्रस्रवणेषु वृत्रहन् परि स्तोतार आसते

IAST Transliteration

váyaṃ ghá tvā sutā́vanta ā́po ná vṛktábarhiṣaḥ | pavítrasya prasrávaṇeṣu vṛtrahan pári stotā́ra āsate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We verily, furnished with the pressed Soma, like waters—having strewn the sacred grass—at the outflowings of the strainer, O Vṛtra-slayer, the praisers sit around thee.

Word by Word

वयम्we

घindeed / surely

त्वाyou (as object)

सुतावन्तःhaving pressed (Soma), soma-pressers

आपःwaters

नlike / as

वृक्तबर्हिषःwith the sacrificial grass strewn/spread

पवित्रस्यof the filter/strainer (pavitra)

प्रस्रवणेषुin the outflowing streams / in the pourings

वृत्रहन्O Vṛtra-slayer

परिaround

स्तोतारःpraisers

आसतेsit / are seated

Attribution

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (Rigvedic provenance; adopted into AV 20)

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (Rigvedic-style stanzaic cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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