Mantra 52

Rishi: Underlying Ṛgvedic seer(s) of the stanza; VS ritual transmission.

Devata: Indra.

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh/Jagatī-type in the source; employed as yajus in VS.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सु॒स॒न्दृशं॑ त्वा व॒यं मघ॑वन्वन्दिषी॒महि॑ । प्र नू॒नं पू॒र्णब॑न्धुर स्तु॒तो या॑सि॒ वशाँ॒२ अनु॒ योजा॒ न्वि॒न्द्र ते॒ हरी॑

Transliteration

susandṛ́śaṃ tvā vayáṃ mághavan vandiṣīmáhi | prá nūnáṃ pūrṇábandhur stutó yāsi vaśā́m̐ ánu yója nv índra te hárī ||

Translation

ഹേ മഘവൻ, ദർശനസുഖമായ നിന്നെ ഞങ്ങൾ വന്ദിക്കുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു. ഇനി മുന്നോട്ട് പുറപ്പെടുക; പൂർണ്ണബന്ധുവെന്നപോലെ, സ്തുതിക്കപ്പെട്ടവനായി, നീ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഇച്ഛാനുസാരം പോകുന്നു; ഇനി, ഹേ ഇന്ദ്ര, നിന്റെ രണ്ടു ഹരി (കപില) അശ്വങ്ങളെ യോജിപ്പിക്ക.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सु-सन्दृशम् । त्वा । वयम् । मघवन् । वन्दिषीमहि । प्र । नूनम् । पूर्ण-बन्धुः । स्तुतः । यासि । वशान् । अनु । योज । नु । इन्द्र । ते । हरी इति

Word by Word

सु-सन्दृशम्well-seen; of good appearance

त्वाyou (as object)

वयम्we

मघवन्O Maghavan (bountiful one)

वन्दिषीमहिwe desire to praise / we would praise

प्रforth; forward; intensively

नूनम्now; indeed

पूर्ण-बन्धुःone whose kin/support is complete; fully allied

अस्तुlet (him/it) be

स्तुतःpraised

यासिyou go

वशान्to the obedient ones / to those under control

अनुafter; along; following

योजyoke; harness

नुnow; indeed (emphatic)

इन्द्रO Indra

तेyour

हरीthe two bay steeds (of Indra)

Entities Mentioned

Indra (Maghavan)

Harī (Indra’s two tawny steeds)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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