Mantra 9
Sukta 57
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्रश्च मृलयाति नो न नः पश्चादघं नशत्। भद्रं भवाति नः पुरः
IAST Transliteration
índraś ca mṛḷáyāti no ná naḥ paścā́d agháṃ naśat | bhadráṃ bhavāti naḥ púraḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
And Indra is gracious unto us: let not evil overtake us from behind. Let auspicious good be ours in front.
Word by Word
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मृलयातिshows mercy (is gracious)
मृलयाति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमृल् (धातु; मृलयति = अनुकम्पायाम्/सुखयितुम्)
नःto us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पश्चात्from behind; afterwards
पश्चात्:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चात्
अघम्evil; harm
अघम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअघ (प्रातिपदिक)
नशत्may it not reach/assail
नशत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु; नशति = नाशयति/नश्यति, ‘to reach/attack; to harm’)
भद्रम्good; auspiciousness
भद्रम्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
भवातिmay it be
भवाति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
नःfor us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुरःin front; before
पुरः:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस्/पुरः (अव्ययीभाव/अव्यय)
Attribution
Rishi: Traditionally RV-derived Indra hymn material (AV 20 is largely Ṛgvedic recensional); seer aligns with the RV source tradition for this verse.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as adapted in AV 20 collections)
Mantra Rasa
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