Mantra 4
Sukta 69
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
त्वं सुतस्य पीतये सद्यो वृद्धो अजायथाः । इन्द्र ज्यैष्ठ्याय सुक्रतो
IAST Transliteration
tváṃ sutásya pītáye sadyó vṛddhó ajāyathāḥ | índra jyáiṣṭhyāya sukrato
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thou, for the drinking of the pressed draught, wast straightway born full-grown: O Indra, of good resolve, for supremacy.
Word by Word
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुतस्यof the pressed Soma
सुतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (√सु ‘to press/extract’ → ‘pressed (Soma)’)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootपीति (√पा ‘to drink’ → ‘drinking’)
सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
अधिकारण (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः
वृद्धःgrown, strengthened
वृद्धः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootवृद्ध (√वृध् ‘to grow/increase’)
अजायथाःyou were born / came into being
अजायथाः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (आत्मनेपद; अ-आगम सहित: अ-जायथाः)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र
ज्यैष्ठ्यायfor supremacy, for pre-eminence
ज्यैष्ठ्याय:
सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन
TypeNoun
Rootज्यैष्ठ्य (ज्येष्ठ ‘eldest’ → ‘supremacy/primacy’)
सुक्रतोO you of good resolve (wise/powerful)
सुक्रतो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसु-क्रतु (क्रतु ‘resolve, power of will/plan’)
Attribution
Rishi: RV-derived Indra-stotra tradition (specific attribution depends on RV source).
Devata: Indra.
Chandas: RV meter (likely Triṣṭubh; dependent on RV original).
Mantra Rasa
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