Mantra 2
Sukta 64
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अभि हि सत्य सोमपा उभे बभूथ रोदसी । इन्द्रासि सुन्वतो वृधः पतिर्दिवः
IAST Transliteration
abhí hí satyá sómapā ubhé babhū́tha ródasī | índrā́si sunvató vṛ́ṣā pátir diváḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
For thou, O true Soma-drinker, hast encompassed both the Worlds; thou art, O Indra, for the Soma-presser, the Bull—Heaven’s Lord.
Word by Word
अभिtowards, over, upon
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
सत्यtrue, real
सत्य:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + य)
सोमपाःSoma-drinker (Indra)
सोमपाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोमपा (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पा ‘पिबति’)
उभेboth
उभे:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बभूथyou have become / you were
बभूथ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व ‘द्यावा-पृथिवी’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
सुन्वतःof the presser (of Soma), of the one who presses
सुन्वतः:
Sampradāna
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootसु (धातु ‘सोमं सुनोति’) → सुन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
वृधःof the increaser, of the promoter (of prosperity)
वृधः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवृध् (धातु) → वृध (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्तार्थ ‘वर्धक/वर्धमान’)
पतिःlord, master
पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven, of the sky
दिवः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक ‘दिव्/द्यौ’)
Attribution
Rishi: RV-derived Indra praise (anukramaṇī confirmation needed).
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm metrically)
Mantra Rasa
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