Mantra 5

Sukta 137

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्दुरिन्द्राय पवत इति देवासो अब्रुवन्। वाचस्पतिर्मखस्यते विश्वस्येशान ओजसा

IAST Transliteration

índur índrā́ya pavata íti devā́so abruvan | vā́caspátir makhasyate víśvasyéśāna ójasā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Let the bright drop purify for Indra’—thus spake the Gods: the Lord of Speech bestirs him in the sacrifice, sovereign of all by might.

Translation

「輝く滴（indu）はインドラのために清められよ」――神々はかく語った。言語の主（Vācaspati）は祭儀において奮い立ち、力（ojas）によって万有の主権者となる。

Word by Word

• इन्दुः: the Soma-drop (Indu)
• इन्दुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पवते: is purified / flows (as filtered Soma)
• पवते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; पवते इति रूपम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रुवन्: said / spoke
• अब्रुवन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• वाचस्पतिः: Vācaspati (Lord of Speech)
• वाचस्पतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाचस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• मखस्यते: rejoices in the sacrifice / is active in the rite
• मखस्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मखस्य (धातु; नामधातु/denominative from मख)

• विश्वस्य: of all / of the whole
• विश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईशानः: ruling, sovereign
• ईशानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Participle (used as noun)
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक; from √ईश ‘to rule’)

• ओजसा: by strength / with vigor
• ओजसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic Soma-hymn tradition (borrowed into AV 20); specific r̥ṣi depends on RV locus.

Devata: Indra; Vācaspati/Bṛhaspati as speech-deity

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (RV style).

Mantra Rasa

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