Mantra 22

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं घेमित्था नमस्विन उप स्वराजमासते । अर्थं चिदस्य सुधितं यदेतव आवर्तयन्ति दावने

IAST Transliteration

táṃ ghémítthā namasvína úpa svárājam āsate | árthaṃ cid asya súdhitaṃ yád etávo āvartáyanti dāváne

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To him, the self-sovereign, do the reverent thus draw near and sit in attendance; for even his well-ordered boon the coursers turn again, to bring it back for bestowal.

Translation

ആ സ്വരാജനെ (സ്വയം-സാർവഭൗമനെ) നമസ്കരിക്കുന്ന ഭക്തർ ഇങ്ങനെ സമീപിച്ചു ഇരുന്നു സേവയിൽ നില്ക്കുന്നു; കാരണം അവന്റെ സുസംവിധിതമായ ദാനവും—അത് നൽകേണ്ട സമയത്ത്—അശ്വങ്ങൾ തിരിഞ്ഞ് വീണ്ടും കൊണ്ടുവന്ന് ഏല്പിക്കുന്നു, ദാനത്തിനായി.

Word by Word

तम्him / that one

घindeed / surely (emphatic particle)

एमिI go / I approach

इत्थाthus / in this manner

नमस्विनःthe reverent ones / worshippers

उपnear / towards

स्वराजम्the self-ruling one / sovereign

आसतेthey sit / they take their seat

अर्थम्purpose / meaning / aim

चित्even

अस्यof him / of this

सुधितम्well-set / well-arranged / well-conceived

यत्which / that which

एतवःthe goers / those who come

आवर्तयन्तिthey cause to turn back / they bring back

दावनेfor giving / for bestowal

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (source dependent)

Devata: Indra (svārāj)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (RV reuse)

Mantra Rasa

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