Mantra 2

Sukta 100

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वार्ण त्वा यव्याभिर्वर्धन्ति शूर ब्रह्माणि । वावृध्वांसं चिदद्रिवो दिवेदिवे

IAST Transliteration

vā́rṇa tvā yavyā́bhir várdhanti śūra bráhmāṇi | vāvṛdhvā́ṃsaṃ cid adrivo divédive ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The prayers, O hero, strengthen thee with supplications—yea, thee already waxing strong, O stone-bearer—day after day.

Translation

ହେ ଶୂର! ଯାଚନାଭରା ବ୍ରହ୍ମ (ମନ୍ତ୍ର-ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା) ତୁମକୁ ବଳବାନ କରେ; ହେ ଅଦ୍ରିବୋ (ପାଷାଣଧାରୀ/ସୋମପେଷଣ-ପାଷାଣସହିତ)! ପୂର୍ବରୁ ହିଁ ବଢ଼ୁଥିବା ତୁମକୁ—ଦିବେଦିବେ—ଅଧିକ ବୃଦ୍ଧି କରେ।

Word by Word

• वार्ण: O Varṇa (name/epithet), O hero
• वार्ण: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ण (प्रातिपदिक; voc. of वार्ण/वर्ण)

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

• यव्याभिः: with barley-grains / with barley
• यव्याभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धन्ति: they increase / they strengthen
• वर्धन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते/वर्धति)

• शूर: O hero
• शूर: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्माणि: the sacred formulas / prayers
• ब्रह्माणि: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वावृध्वांसम्: (you) having grown strong; fully increased
• वावृध्वांसम्: कर्म (विशेष्य=त्वा)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √वृध् (वावृध्वांस्-; परिपूर्ण/भूतकृत्)

• चित्: even
• चित्: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)

• अद्रिवो: O wielder of the stone/pressing-stone (epithet, esp. of Indra)
• अद्रिवो: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अद्रिवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे-दिवे: day by day
• दिवे-दिवे: अधिकारण (काल)
• Type: Noun (reduplicated adverbial phrase)
• Root: दिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक: दिवस्/दिव)

Attribution

Rishi: RV provenance (requires RV concordance).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (to be confirmed from RV source).

Mantra Rasa

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