Mantra 3

Sukta 100

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

युञ्जन्ति हरी इषिरस्य गाथयोरौ रथ उरुयुगे ।इन्द्रवाहा वचोयुजा

IAST Transliteration

yuñjánti hárī iṣirásya gā́thayor áu rátha urúyuge | índravāhā vacoyújā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They yoke the two tawny steeds of the impetuous One, with the pair of songs; lo, the chariot, broad-yoked—Indra-bearing, yoked on by sacred speech.

Translation

वेगवान् (इषिर) देवाचे दोन हरी (तांबूस) अश्व त्या दोन गाथांच्या जोडीने ते जुंपतात; पाहा—विस्तीर्ण-जुव्याचा रथ, इंद्रवाहक, पवित्र वाणीने युक्त (वचोयुजा) होऊन जोडला जातो.

Word by Word

• युञ्जन्ति: they yoke / harness
• युञ्जन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)

• हरी: the two bay steeds
• हरी: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इषिरस्य: of the vigorous/impetuous one
• इषिरस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इषिर (प्रातिपदिक)

• गाथयोः: of the two songs/verses
• गाथयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाथा (प्रातिपदिक)

• औ: and / indeed (Vedic particle)
• औ: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: औ (निपात/अव्यय; वैदिक)

• रथः: the chariot
• रथः: कर्तृ (युज्-क्रियायाः) अथवा विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• उरुयुगे: in/with the broad yoke (wide-yoked)
• उरुयुगे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु-युग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• इन्द्रवाहा: Indra-bearing (you two)
• इन्द्रवाहा: कर्तृ (वचोयुजा इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) / सम्बोधन-सम्भावना
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र-वाह (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• वचोयुजा: yoked by/with words (word-yoked)
• वचोयुजा: कर्तृ (अध्याहृत क्रियायाः) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वचस्-युज् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

Attribution

Rishi: R̥gvedic provenance (Indra-stuti); in AV 20 typically preserves RV attributions (exact r̥ṣi requires RV cross-identification).

Devata: Indra (with his Hari steeds and chariot as extensions).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence typical of RV Indra hymns (exact meter requires full pada count verification).

Mantra Rasa

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