Mantra 3

Sukta 111

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद् वासि सुन्वतो वृधो यजमानस्य सत्पते । उक्थे वा यस्य रण्यसि समिन्दुभिः

IAST Transliteration

yád vā́si sunvató vṛdhó yajámānasya satpate | ukthé vā yásya ráṇyasi sám índubhiḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Or if thou art the presser’s increaser, the sacrificer’s helper, O Satpati; or if in whose uktha thou delightest—be thou wholly delighted with the drops.

Translation

あるいは汝が、搾る者を増し、祭主を助ける者、サトパティよ；あるいは汝が、ある者のウクタ（uktha、讃歌）において喜ぶなら——滴り（インドゥ）とともに、ことごとく喜べ。

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वासि: dwells/abides
• वासि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु, ‘to dwell/abide’)

• सुन्वतः: of the Soma-presser
• सुन्वतः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: सु (धातु, ‘to press (Soma)’) → शतृ-कृदन्त ‘सुन्वत्’

• वृधः: of the thriving/strengthening (one)
• वृधः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृध् (धातु, ‘to grow/increase’) → कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक ‘वृध्/वृध’ (strengthening, increasing)

• यजमानस्य: of the sacrificer
• यजमानस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to sacrifice’)

• सत्पते: O good lord!
• सत्पते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सत्पति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lord of the good/true’)

• उक्थे: in the hymn/recitation
• उक्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hymn of praise/recitation’)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (avyaya)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• रण्यसि: you rejoice/delight
• रण्यसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रण्/रम् (धातु; Vedic usage ‘to rejoice/delight, be glad’) → ‘रण्य’ stem in present

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Preverb
• Root: सम् (upasarga/avyaya)

• इन्दुभिः: with Soma-drops
• इन्दुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Soma-drops, bright drops’)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; r̥ṣi not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Indra (Satpati).

Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone.

Mantra Rasa

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