Mantra 2

Sukta 115

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहं प्रत्नेन मन्मना गिरः शुम्भामि कण्ववत्। येनेन्द्रः शुष्ममिद् दधे

IAST Transliteration

aháṁ pratnéna mánmanā gíraḥ śumbhāmi kaṇvávat | yénéndraḥ śúṣmam íd dadhé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With ancient thought I deck and hallow sacred songs, as did the Kanvas—by which Indra hath assumed his very might.

Translation

ମୁଁ ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ମନନରେ କଣ୍ୱମାନଙ୍କ ପରି ପବିତ୍ର ଗୀରଃ (ସ୍ତୁତିଗୀତ)କୁ ଶୋଭାୟିତ ଓ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ କରେ; ଯାହାଦ୍ୱାରା ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର ନିଜର ଶୌର୍ୟ-ବଳ (ଶୁଷ୍ମ) ଧାରଣ କରିଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रत्नेन: with the ancient (custom/way); by ancient (means)
• प्रत्नेन: करण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्मना: with (my) thought/mind
• मन्मना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, mind, intention’)

• गिरः: hymns/utterances
• गिरः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘speech, hymn’)

• शुम्भामि: I adorn / make splendid
• शुम्भामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु; ‘to adorn, make splendid, purify’)

• कण्ववत्: like (the seer) Kaṇva
• कण्ववत्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Adjective (comparative-like, -वत्)
• Root: कण्ववत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘like Kaṇva’)

• येन: by which (means)
• येन: करण
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुष्मम्: strength, vigor
• शुष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक; ‘might, vigor’)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: सम्बन्ध/बलार्थक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic particle)

• दधे: he has placed/assumed (for himself)
• दधे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु; ‘to place, put, establish’)

Attribution

Rishi: Kanva-associated voice/tradition (explicitly invoked by ‘kaṇvavat’)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh/Triṣṭubh mixture per RV source; requires metrical verification against RV original.

Mantra Rasa

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