Mantra 2

Sukta 77

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अव स्य शूराध्वनो नान्तेऽस्मिन् नो अद्य सवने मन्दध्यै । शंसात्युक्थमुशनेव वेधाश्चिकितुषे असुर्याऽय मन्म

IAST Transliteration

áva sya śūrā́dhvano nā́nte ’smín no adyá sávane mandádhyai | śaṃsā́ty ukthám uśáneva vedhā́ś cikitúṣe asuryā́ya mánma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O hero, let him not fail us at the end of the path—today, in this pressing, for our exhilaration. The inspired one proclaims the hymn, like Uśanā, a sacred intent for the discerning, for lordly power.

Word by Word

• अव: down; forth; (as preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग) / अव (अव्यय)

• स्य: of him/its
• स्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शूरात्: from the hero
• शूरात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्वनः: of the sound/roar
• ध्वनः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वन्/ध्वनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us/our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• सवने: at the pressing/oblation (soma-pressing)
• सवने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्दध्यै: to gladden/cheer (for rejoicing)
• मन्दध्यै: प्रयोजन (purpose)
• Type: Verb (infinitival form)
• Root: मन्दधि (धातु-आधारित कृत्/प्रातिपदिक; √मन्द्/मद् ‘to be glad’ + धा ‘to place’ इत्यादि व्युत्पत्तिः वैदिकी)

• शंसाति: he praises/recites
• शंसाति: Kartā (implicit subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस् (भ्वादि) ‘to praise, recite’

• उक्थम्: the hymn/recitation
• उक्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• उशने: in/like Uśanā (Kāvya)
• उशने: Adhikaraṇa (comparison base)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: उशनस्/उशन (प्रातिपदिक; उशनस् = उशना काव्यः)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• वेधाः: the wise one/seer
• वेधाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस्/वेधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकितुषे: to the discerning one
• चिकितुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √चित्/√कित् (वैदिक ‘to perceive, understand’) → चिकित्सु/चिकितु (कृत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• असुर्याय: to the asurya (lordly/asura-related) one
• असुर्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: असुर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘asurya’ = asura-like/pertaining to Asura, or ‘lordly’)

• मन्म: thought; intention; hymn (mental formulation)
• मन्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मन्/मन्म (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (not specified in input)

Devata: Indra (with poet-priest/uktha as co-agent)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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