Mantra 3

Sukta 138

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कण्वाः इन्द्रं यदक्रत स्तोमैर्यज्ञस्य साधनम्। जामि ब्रुवत आयुधम्

IAST Transliteration

kaṇvā́ índraṃ yád ákrata stómair yajñásya sā́dhanam | jā́mi brúvata ā́yudham

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When the Kāṇvas made Indra, by praises, the accomplisher of the sacrifice, they spake of him as kinsman—(as) weapon.

Translation

ಕಣ್ವರು ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಇಂದ್ರನನ್ನು ಯಜ್ಞದ ಸಾಧಕ (ಸಿದ್ಧಿಕರ್ತ)ನಾಗಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಅವನನ್ನು ಜಾಮಿ—ಬಂಧು—ಎಂದು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಆಯುಧ (ಶಸ್ತ್ರ)ವೆಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.

Word by Word

• कण्वाः: the Kaṇvas (seers)
• कण्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/that (as what they made)
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्रत: they made/formed
• अक्रत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• स्तोमैः: with hymns/chantings
• स्तोमैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• साधनम्: means/instrument; accomplishment
• साधनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधन (प्रातिपदिक)

• जामि: closely/again; in familiar manner (Vedic adverb)
• जामि: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जामि (अव्यय/निपात; वैदिक)

• ब्रुवत: speaking; uttering
• ब्रुवत: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• आयुधम्: weapon; implement
• आयुधम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Kāṇva seers (explicitly named)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: RV meter; requires scan.

Mantra Rasa

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