Mantra 2
Sukta 71
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
समोहे वा य आशत नरस्तोकस्य सनितौ । विप्रासो वा धियायवः
IAST Transliteration
samóhe vā́ yá ā́śata náraḥ tokásya sánitau | víprāso vā dhiyā́yavaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whether in the shock of onset those men attained it, in the winning of offspring; or whether the inspired priests, the seekers with their thought—
Word by Word
समोहेin the assembly / in the gathering
समोहे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसमोह (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्-√उह्/ऊह् (समूह/समवाय-अर्थे)
वाor / indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आशतattained / reached
आशत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (व्याप्तौ/प्राप्तौ) [वैदिक प्रयोग]
नरःmen
नरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
तोकस्यof offspring / of children
तोकस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootतोक (प्रातिपदिक)
सनितौin the gaining / in the winning
सनितौ:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसनि (प्रातिपदिक) < √सन् (लाभे/प्राप्तौ) → सनि ‘प्राप्ति/लाभ’
विप्रासःinspired sages / priests
विप्रासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor / indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
धियायवःthose impelled by insight / inspired ones
धियायवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootधियायू (प्रातिपदिक) < धिया (धी ‘बुद्धि/प्रेरणा’) + आयु/आयु (गमन/प्रवृत्ति) → ‘धी-प्रेरित’
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (as transmitted in AV 20).
Devata: Indra (implicit continuation of Indra-stotra)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/related (per RV source tradition)
Mantra Rasa
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