Mantra 8

Sukta 62

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तम्वभि प्र गायत पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम्। इन्द्रं गीर्भिस्तविषमा विवासत

IAST Transliteration

tám u abhí prá gā́yata puruhūtáṃ puruṣṭutám | índraṃ gīrbhís tavíṣam ā́ vivāsata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sing forth to him, yea, sing toward him—Indra, the much-invoked, the much-lauded; with hymns make the mighty Indra shine forth and draw him hither.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्र: forth, forward (intensively)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गायत: sing (you all)!
• गायत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु) / गायति

• पुरुहूतम्: the much-invoked (one)
• पुरुहूतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पुरुहूत (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः: पुरु + हूत ‘much-invoked’)

• पुरुष्टुतम्: the much-praised (one)
• पुरुष्टुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पुरुष्टुत (प्रातिपदिक; पुरु + स्तुत ‘much-praised’)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• गीर्भिः: with hymns/utterances
• गीर्भिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘speech, hymn’)

• तविषम्: (his) might/strength
• तविषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तविष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strength, might’)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• विवासत: make (him) shine forth; illumine/praise (you all)!
• विवासत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु; ‘to shine/illumine’; with वि-आ) / विवासति

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally RV-derived; in AV 20 the material is largely Rigvedic reprise (exact r̥ṣi attribution follows RV source-hymn).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted in this segment)

Mantra Rasa

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