Mantra 1

Sukta 108

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वं न इन्द्रा भरं ओजो नृम्णं शतक्रतो विचर्षणे । आ वीरं पृतनाषहम्

IAST Transliteration

tváṃ na indrā́ bharaṃ ójo nṛmṇáṃ śatakrato vicarṣaṇe | ā́ vīráṃ pṛtanā-sáham

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Do thou, O Indra, bring unto us might and manly force, O Hundred-powered, far-ruling one; bring hither a hero, battle-overcoming.

Translation

ହେ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର, ଶତକ୍ରତୁ, ବିଶାଳ-ଶାସକ! ଆମ ପାଇଁ ବଳ ଓ ନରବୀର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଆଣ; ଯୁଦ୍ଧଜୟୀ ବୀରକୁ ଏଠାକୁ ଆଣ।

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• भर: bring / bestow
• भर: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• ओजः: strength, vigor
• ओजः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नृम्णम्: manly power, heroism
• नृम्णम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृम्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतक्रतो: O of a hundred powers/stratagems
• शतक्रतो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: शतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि-विशेषण)

• विचर्षणे: O far-seeing / widely shining one
• विचर्षणे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: विचर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)

• आ: hither, forth (towards us)
• आ: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वीरम्: a hero, champion
• वीरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृतनाषहम्: battle-conquering, who overcomes armies
• पृतनाषहम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृतनाषह (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-विशेषण)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (not determinable from excerpt alone).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short pādas in AV 20 Indra excerpts (exact metrical classification uncertain from partial lineation)

Mantra Rasa

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