Mantra 4

Sukta 64

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एदु मध्वो मदिन्तरं सिञ्च वाध्वर्यो अन्धसः । एवा हि वीर स्तवते सदावृधः

IAST Transliteration

á íd u mádhvo mádintaraṃ siñcá vādhvaryó ándhasaḥ | évā hí vī́ra stávate sadā́vṛdhaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Pour forth, O Adhvaryu, of the honeyed draught the more intoxicating Soma-juice. For thus, O Hero, is he praised—the ever-growing One.

Word by Word

• एदु: indeed, just, now
• एदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एदु (निपात) / इद्-उ (प्रगृह्य-निपात)

• मध्वः: from/with the honey(-like) soma
• मध्वः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदिन्तरम्: more intoxicating (stronger)
• मदिन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदिन्तर (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण)

• सिञ्च: pour!
• सिञ्च: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु)

• वा: or/indeed (enclitic)
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• अध्वर्यो: O Adhvaryu (priest)
• अध्वर्यो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्धसः: of the soma-juice (pressed drink)
• अन्धसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• एवा: thus, just so
• एवा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तवते: is praised / praises (for himself)
• स्तवते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)

• सदावृधः: ever-growing, always increasing
• सदावृधः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदा-वृध् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic attribution (Indra-stuti tradition; AV 20 borrows RV material)—exact r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī for the RV source.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence in RV style (as transmitted in AV 20); verify by RV source mapping.

Mantra Rasa

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