Mantra 2

Sukta 59

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कण्वा इव भृगवः सूर्या इव विश्वमिद्धीतमानशुः । इन्द्रं स्तोमेभिर्महयन्त आयवः प्रियमेधासो अस्वरन्

IAST Transliteration

káṇvā iva bhṛ́gavaḥ sū́ryā iva víśvam íd dhītám ānaśuḥ | índraṃ stómebhir maháyanta ā́yavaḥ priyámedhāso asvaran

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Like the Kaṇvas, like the Bhṛgus, like suns, they won—yea all—by sacred thought. Exalting Indra with their praises, the Āyavas, the Priyamedhas, lifted up their song.

Word by Word

कण्वाःthe Kaṇvas (seers)

इवlike, as

भृगवःthe Bhṛgus

सूर्याःthe Suns / sun-like ones

इवlike

विश्वम्all (the whole)

इत्indeed, just

धीतम्thought out, conceived (hymn/insight)

आनशुःthey have attained/reached

इन्द्रम्Indra

स्तोमेभिःwith praises (hymns)

महयन्तःmagnifying, exalting

आयवःthe Āyus (descendants/people of Āyu)

प्रियमेधासःthe Priyamedhas (a seer-clan)

अस्वरन्they sang/intoned

Attribution

Rishi: RV-source tradition; the verse itself references multiple r̥ṣi lineages as exemplars.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: RV meter (likely Triṣṭubh); requires RV source collation.

Mantra Rasa

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