Mantra 8

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इमा ब्रह्म बृहद्दिवः कृणवदिन्द्राय शूषमग्रियः स्वर्षाः । महो गोत्रस्य क्षयति स्वराजा तुरश्चिद् विश्वमर्णवत् तपस्वान्

IAST Transliteration

imā́ bráhma bṛháddívo kṛṇavád índrāya śū́ṣam agríyaḥ svàrṣāḥ | mahó gótrasya kṣáyati svárājā túraś cid víśvam arṇavát tápasvān ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

These sacred words of lofty heaven hath the foremost, sun-winning one wrought into impetuous might for Indra. As self-ruling lord he holds dominion over the great cow-pen; overpowering, yea, he overwhelms the whole, like a flood, in glowing ardor.

Word by Word

• इमाः: these (hymns/utterances)
• इमाः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: sacred utterance; prayer
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहत्: great
• बृहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven
• दिवः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौः)

• कृणवत्: made; fashioned
• कृणवत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शूषम्: strength; vigor
• शूषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्रियः: foremost
• अग्रियः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्रिय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वर्षाः: winning the sun/light; bringing radiance
• स्वर्षाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ष (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• महो: of the great
• महो: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोत्रस्य: of the enclosure/cow-pen; of the clan
• गोत्रस्य: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षयति: dwells; rules; holds sway
• क्षयति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (धातु: क्षि/क्षय ‘to dwell, rule, possess’)

• स्वराजा: self-ruler; sovereign
• स्वराजा: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: स्वराज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुरः: swift; overpowering
• तुरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुर (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even; indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)

• विश्वम्: all; the whole
• विश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: विश्व (विशेषण/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्णवत्: flood-like; oceanic
• अर्णवत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्णवत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; अर्णव ‘flood, sea’ + मतुप्)

• तपस्वान्: ardent; possessing tapas (austerity/heat)
• तपस्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्विन्/तपस् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the supplied excerpt)

Devata: Indra (with brahman as instrumental power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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