Mantra 3
Sukta 73
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प्र वो महे महिवृधे भरध्वं प्रचेतसे प्र सुमतिं कृणुध्वम्। विशः पूर्वीः प्र चरा चर्षणिप्राः
IAST Transliteration
prá vo mahé mahivṛ́dhe bharadhvam prá cetase prá sumatíṃ kṛṇudhvam | víśaḥ pūrvī́ḥ prá cara carṣaṇiprā́ḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Bring ye forth for him, the Great, the increaser of greatness; for the wise one make ye forth good favor. Go forth—ye many clans of old—ye that sustain the race of men.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वःfor you / of you (to you all)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
महेto the great (one)
महे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootमह (prātipadika: महत्/मह)
महिवृधेto the great increaser / mighty augmenter
महिवृधे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमहिवृध (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa sense: ‘greatly-growing/augmenting’)
भरध्वम्bring (you all)! / offer!
भरध्वम्:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भृञ्) ‘to bear, bring’
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
चेतसेto the wise one / to (his) intelligence
चेतसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootचेतस् (prātipadika) ‘mind, intelligence’
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
सुमतिम्good counsel / favor
सुमतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुमति (prātipadika) ‘good thought, favor’
कृणुध्वम्make (you all)! / do!
कृणुध्वम्:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (कृञ्) ‘to make, do’
विशःthe clans / peoples
विशः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (prātipadika) ‘clan, people, settlements’
पूर्वीःformer, earlier
पूर्वीः:
Karma (qualifier of विशः)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (prātipadika) ‘former, earlier’
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
चरmove / go forth!
चर:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (चरति) ‘to move, go, roam’
चर्षणिप्राःO sustainer of men / O people-filling one
चर्षणिप्राः:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootचर्षणिप्र (prātipadika; epithet, lit. ‘filling/pleasing the peoples’)
Attribution
Rishi: Rigvedic provenance (per AV 20 anukramaṇī for the borrowed hymn).
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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