Mantra 4

Sukta 51

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शतानीका हेतयो अस्य दुष्टरा इन्द्रस्य समिषो महीः । गिरिर्न भुज्मा मघवत्सु पिन्वते यदीं सुता अमन्दिषुः

IAST Transliteration

śatānī́kā hetáyo asya duṣṭárā índrasya samī́ṣo mahī́ḥ | girír na bhujmā́ maghávatsu pinvate yád īṃ sutā́ amándiṣuḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hundredfold are his missiles, hard to be withstood—Indra’s great impellings unto might. Like a compact mountain he swells among the liberal, when the pressed draughts have made him glad.

Translation

ତାଙ୍କର ଅସ୍ତ୍ର ଶତଗୁଣ; ପ୍ରତିରୋଧ କରିବା ଦୁର୍ଲଭ—ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ମହା ପ୍ରେରଣା ଶକ୍ତି ପାଇଁ ଆଗେଇ ନେଇଯାଏ। ଘନ ପର୍ବତ ପରି ସେ ଦାନଶୀଳମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ବୃଦ୍ଧି ପାଆନ୍ତି, ଯେତେବେଳେ ପିଷିତ ସୋମପାନ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆନନ୍ଦିତ କରେ।

Word by Word

• शतानिकाः: (they) of a hundred faces/points; hundred-fold (hosts)
• शतानिकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानिक (प्रातिपदिक)

• हेतयः: missiles, weapons
• हेतयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/this (i.e., of Indra)
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्टराः: hard to overcome, irresistible
• दुष्टराः: Kartā (विशेषणम् of हेतयः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्टर (प्रातिपदिक; दुस् + √तॄ/तॄ? → ‘to cross’, ‘hard to overcome’)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• समिषः: impulses/instigations; onsets (of might)
• समिषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिष् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महीः: great, mighty
• महीः: Kartā (विशेषणम् of समिषः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरिः: a mountain
• गिरिः: Kartā (उपमान-आधारः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भुज्मा: a strong one; a mighty/firm (one)
• भुज्मा: Kartā (उपमेयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मघवत्सु: among the bountiful (patrons)/the generous
• मघवत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिन्वते: swells/abounds; is invigorated
• पिन्वते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पिव्/√पिन् (पिन्व्) ‘to swell, make abound, invigorate’

• यदा: when
• यदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• ईम्: indeed, just, then
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम्

• सुताः: pressed (Soma-draughts)
• सुताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत ‘pressed’)

• अमन्दिषुः: they rejoiced/exulted (became exhilarated)
• अमन्दिषुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन्द् ‘to be glad/intoxicated’ (with preverb a- intensifying/negating? here: a- as augment-like in perfect/aorist formation)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Indra hymn source)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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