Mantra 13

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रपुत्रे सोमपुत्रे दुहितासि प्रजापतेः । कामानस्माकं पूरय प्रति गृह्णाहि नो हविः

IAST Transliteration

índra-putre sóma-putre duhitā́si prajā́pateḥ | kā́mān asmā́kaṃ pūraya práti gṛhṇāhi no havíḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O child of Indra, child of Soma, thou art the Daughter of Prajāpati. Fulfil our longings; accept, in recompense, our offered oblation.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रपुत्रे: O (you) Indra’s-child (O Indra-born one)
• इन्द्रपुत्रे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (समास) संबोधन
• Root: इन्द्र-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमपुत्रे: O Soma’s-child (O Soma-born one)
• सोमपुत्रे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (समास) संबोधन
• Root: सोम-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहिता: (you are) a daughter
• दुहिता: कर्तृ (of ‘असि’) / विधेय-नाम
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामान्: desires, wishes
• कामान्: कर्म (of ‘पूरय’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पूरय: fulfil, satisfy
• पूरय: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्/पॄ (धातु; causative sense ‘to fill, satisfy’)

• प्रति: towards, in return, back
• प्रति: दिशा/सम्बन्ध (with verb ‘गृह्णाहि’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गृह्णाहि: take, accept
• गृह्णाहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)

• नः: our / us
• नः: सम्बन्ध (our) / सम्भाव्य-सम्प्रदान (for us) contextually
• Type: Pronoun (enclitic)
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हविः: oblation, offering
• हविः: कर्म (of ‘गृह्णाहि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)

Devata: A feminine boon-granting power (linked by epithets to Indra, Soma, Prajāpati)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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