Mantra 1

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत् त्वा मन्दन्तु स्तोमाः कृणुष्व राधो अद्रिवः । अव ब्रह्मद्विषो जहि

IAST Transliteration

út tvā́ mandantu stómāḥ kṛṇuṣvá rā́dho adrivaḥ | áva brahmádviṣo jahi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let praises exhilarate thee; accomplish bounty, O Adriva: smite down the haters of holy power.

Translation

ಸ್ತೋಮಗಳು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಹರ್ಷಗೊಳಿಸಲಿ; ಓ ಅದ್ರಿವಃ, ದಾನ-ಸಂಪತ್ತನ್ನು ಸಾಧಿಸು. ಬ್ರಹ್ಮದ್ವಿಷರನ್ನು ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬೀಳಿಸಿ ಸಂಹರಿಸು.

Word by Word

• उत्: up, forth (as a preverb/intensifier)
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग) / ud-

• त्वा: you (object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्दन्तु: let (them) gladden / exhilarate
• मन्दन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्द् (धातु)

• स्तोमाः: praises, hymns
• स्तोमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुष्व: do, make
• कृणुष्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• राधः: bounty, gift, favor
• राधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्रिवः: O wielder of the stone/pressing-stone (epithet, esp. of Indra)
• अद्रिवः: —
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अद्रि-वस् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/उपाधि)

• अव: down, away (as a preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग) / ava-

• ब्रह्मद्विषः: those who hate brahman/sacred prayer (brahman-haters)
• ब्रह्मद्विषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-द्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; समासः—तत्पुरुषः)

• जहि: strike, slay
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic attribution (borrowed into AV 20): Indra hymn tradition.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (shorter, command-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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