Mantra 6

Sukta 61

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स राजसि पुरुष्टुतँ एको वृत्राणि जिघ्नसे । इन्द्र जैत्रा श्रवस्यैऽ च यन्तवे

IAST Transliteration

sá rā́jasi puruṣṭutám éko vṛtrā́ṇi jighnase | índra jáitrāya śravasyài ca yántave

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He, in the bright realm, the Much-extolled, alone thou smitest down the Vṛtras: O Indra, that we may attain to victory and to glorious fame.

Translation

ସେ ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ୱଳ ଲୋକରେ, ବହୁ-ସ୍ତୁତ; ତୁମେ ଏକା ହୋଇ ବୃତ୍ରମାନଙ୍କୁ ସଂହାର କର। ହେ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର, ଯେଣୁ ଆମେ ଜୟ ଓ ଯଶସ୍ବୀ ଶ୍ରବସ୍ (କୀର୍ତ୍ତି) ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରିପାରିବୁ।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• राजसि: in the (mid-)region/atmosphere
• राजसि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुष्टुतम्: much-praised
• पुरुष्टुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुष्टुत (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

• एकः: alone/one
• एकः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्राणि: Vṛtras/obstacles (demons)
• वृत्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिघ्नसे: you strike/you slay
• जिघ्नसे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) [जिघ्न- = हन् धातोः desiderative-प्रयोगः]

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

• जैत्राय: for victory / for the victorious (one)
• जैत्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: जैत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘victorious’)

• श्रवस्यै: for fame/glory
• श्रवस्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fame, glory’)

• च: and
• च: (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• यन्तवे: to go/for going (to set forth)
• यन्तवे: Prayojana
• Type: Verbal noun (infinitive)
• Root: यम् (धातु) → यन्तु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; infinitive in -तवे)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (adopted into AV20).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (RV-style).

Mantra Rasa

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