Mantra 8

Sukta 63

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येना दशग्वमध्रिगुं वेपयन्तं स्वर्णरम्। येना समुद्रमाविथा तमीमहे

IAST Transliteration

yénā́ daśagvám adhríguṁ vepáyantaṁ svaṇarám | yénā samudrám āvítha tám īmahe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By that same might wherewith thou madest Daśagva shake Adhrigu, and Svaṇara quake; by that wherewith thou didst succour through the sea—Thee do we invoke.

Word by Word

• येन: by which / with which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• दशग्वम्: Daśagva (a name/epithet)
• दशग्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: दशग्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्रिगुम्: Adhrigu (a name/epithet)
• अध्रिगुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: अध्रिगु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वेपयन्तम्: causing (him/them) to tremble; shaking
• वेपयन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb-derived participle
• Root: √वेप् (वेपते ‘कम्पने’) → caus. √वेपय्

• स्वर्णरम्: Svarṇara (a name/epithet)
• स्वर्णरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: स्वर्णर (प्रातिपदिक)

• येन: by which / with which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• समुद्रम्: the ocean
• समुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आविथ: you protected / you helped
• आविथ: Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अव् (रक्षणे/पालने) with preverb आ-

• तम्: him / that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we seek / we implore
• ईमहे: Kartā (implicit ‘वयम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम्/√इ (गत्यर्थ/प्रार्थनार्थ प्रयोगः) → वैदिक ‘ईमहे’ = ‘याचामहे/इच्छामहे’

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Indra-stuti material; in AV 20 many hymns are RV-derived; specific r̥ṣi attribution follows the RV source-hymn lineage (requires padapāṭha/anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; requires metrical confirmation against the RV original)

Mantra Rasa

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