Mantra 1

Sukta 100

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अधा हीन्द्र गिर्वण उप त्वा कामान् महः ससृज्महे । उदेव यन्त उदभिः

IAST Transliteration

adhā́ híndra girvaṇa úpa tvā kā́mān maháḥ sasṛjmáhe | udéva yánta udábhiḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therefore, O Indra, song-delighting, toward thee we set our mighty wishes forth—going upward, even as with swelling floods.

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ ഗീർവണ ഇന്ദ്രാ! നിന്റെ അടുക്കലേക്ക് ഞങ്ങൾ മഹത്തായ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളെ വിടുതൽ ചെയ്യുന്നു—ഉയരത്തിലേക്ക് കയറുന്നതുപോലെ, പൊങ്ങിവരുന്ന പ്രളയജലങ്ങളോടു സമമായി.

Word by Word

अधthen, thereafter

हिindeed, for

इन्द्रO Indra

गिर्वणःO praised-by-singers (epithet of Indra)

उपtowards, near

त्वाyou (as object)

कामान्desires, wishes

महःof greatness, of the great (power)

ससृज्महेwe have sent forth / we have set in motion

उदup, forth

एवindeed, just

यन्तःgoing, proceeding

उदभिःwith waters

Attribution

Rishi: RV provenance (requires RV concordance).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (incomplete verse here; meter confirmation requires full RV stanza).

Mantra Rasa

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