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

ଏହେତୁ, ହେ ଗୀର୍ବଣ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର! ତୁମ ପାଖକୁ ଆମେ ମହାନ କାମନାମାନଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରେରଣ କରୁଛୁ—ଉପରକୁ ଉଠୁଥିବା ପରି, ଫୁଲିଉଠୁଥିବା ପ୍ରବାହଜଳ ସହିତ ଯେପରି।

Word by Word

• अध: then, thereafter
• अध: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (अव्यय)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिर्वणः: O praised-by-singers (epithet of Indra)
• गिर्वणः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: गिर्वणस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• कामान्: desires, wishes
• कामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• महः: of greatness, of the great (power)
• महः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: महि/महस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ससृज्महे: we have sent forth / we have set in motion
• ससृज्महे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) + सम्- (उपसर्ग)

• उद: up, forth
• उद: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• यन्तः: going, proceeding
• यन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: या (धातु) → यत्/यन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• उदभिः: with waters
• उदभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक) / उदन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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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