Mantra 1

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र मंहिष्ठाय बृहते बृहद्रये सत्यशुष्माय तवसे मतिं भरे । अपामिव प्रवणे यस्य दुर्धरं राधो विश्वायु शवसे अपावृतम्

IAST Transliteration

prá maṃhiṣṭhā́ya bṛhaté bṛhádraye satyá-śuṣmā́ya távase matíṃ bhare | apā́m-iva praváṇe yásya durdháraṃ rā́dho viśvā́yu śávase apā́vṛtam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth do I bring my thought to him most bounteous, great, of great riches, of true might, the strong; whose bounty, hard to be withstood, like waters on a slope, is opened out, unobstructed, life-bestowing, by his power.

Translation

ମୁଁ ମୋର ମତିକୁ ଆଗେ ଧରି ନେଉଛି—ସର୍ବାଧିକ ଦାନଶୀଳ, ମହାନ, ମହାଧନବାନ, ସତ୍ୟଶୁଷ୍ମ (ସତ୍ୟବଳ) ଥିବା ବଳବାନଙ୍କ ପାଖକୁ। ଯାହାଙ୍କ ଦୁର୍ଧର ଦାନ ଢାଳରେ ବହୁଥିବା ଜଳ ପରି ଖୋଲିଯାଇଛି—ଅବରୋଧ ବିନା, ବିଶ୍ୱାୟୁ (ଜୀବନଦାୟକ), ତାଙ୍କ ଶବସ (ଶକ୍ତି) ଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରସାରିତ।

Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• मंहि॑ष्ठाय: to the most bountiful (one)
• मंहि॑ष्ठाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मंहिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of मंह/मंहस् ‘great, bountiful’)

• बृह॒ते: to the great (one)
• बृह॒ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) / बृहत्

• बृ॒हद्र॑ये: to the great-wealthy (one)
• बृ॒हद्र॑ये: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहद्रय (प्रातिपदिक; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa ‘having great wealth/treasure’)

• स॒त्यशु॑ष्माय: to the truly-mighty (one)
• स॒त्यशु॑ष्माय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यशुष्म (प्रातिपदिक; ‘whose might is true/real’)

• त॒वसे॑: to (him of) strength / to the strong
• त॒वसे॑: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तवस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘strength, might’)

• म॒तिं: thought, hymn, intention
• म॒तिं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• भ॑रे: I bear/offer
• भ॑रे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भृञ्)

• अ॒पामि॑व: like (that) of the waters
• अ॒पामि॑व: —
• Type: Indeclinable (compound-like sandhi) / Particle
• Root: अपाम् + इव

• प्रव॒णे: in the slope, in the descent
• प्रव॒णे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवण (प्रातिपदिक) / प्रवणः

• यस्य॑: whose
• यस्य॑: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• दु॒र्धरं॒: hard to withstand
• दु॒र्धरं॒: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्धर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hard to hold/withstand’)

• राधो॑: bounty, gift, favor
• राधो॑: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि॒श्वायु॒: life-giving to all / for all life
• वि॒श्वायु॒: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वायु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘all-life, life-giving to all’)

• शव॑से॒: to (his) power / for strength
• शव॑से॒: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘power, vigor’)

• अपा॑वृतम्: opened, unbarred, made accessible
• अपा॑वृतम्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: अप + आ + √वृत् (वृतँ ‘to turn/cover’; here ‘to open/uncover’ in causative/passive sense) / past participle

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn material (AVŚ 20.15 corresponds to an RV source hymn); r̥ṣi per RV tradition.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is typical for such RV praise; requires source verification.

Mantra Rasa

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