Mantra 9

Sukta 71

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मत्स्वा सुशिप्र मन्दिभि स्तोमेभिर्विश्वचर्षणे । सचैषु सवनेष्वा

IAST Transliteration

mátsvā́ suśipra mándibhiḥ stómebhir viśvacarṣaṇe | sacáíṣu sávanéṣv ā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Rejoice, O fair-lipped one, with gladdening draughts, with praises, O thou of all mankind; join thyself unto these pressings, hither.

Translation

ହେ ସୁଶିପ୍ର (ସୁନ୍ଦର ଓଠଯୁକ୍ତ), ଆନନ୍ଦଦାୟକ ପାନ ଓ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ର ସହ ଆନନ୍ଦ କର; ହେ ବିଶ୍ୱଚର୍ଷଣେ (ସମସ୍ତ ମନୁଷ୍ୟଙ୍କ ଅଧିପତି), ଏହି ସବନଗୁଡ଼ିକରେ (ଦବାଣ-ଯଜ୍ଞରେ) ଯୋଗ ଦେ—ଏଠାକୁ ଆ।

Word by Word

• मत्स्वा: O exhilarated/joyous one
• मत्स्वा: सम्बोधन (कारकातीत) / संबोधन
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद् (धातु) / मत्स्व (प्रातिपदिक, ‘मत्त/उन्मत्त’)

• सुशिप्र: O fair-lipped / of beautiful jaws
• सुशिप्र: सम्बोधन (कारकातीत)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्दिभिः: with the gladdeners/cheerers (i.e., with inspirers/attendants)
• मन्दिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उत्साह/आनन्द/स्तुति-प्रेरक’—वैदिक) अथवा मन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोमेभिः: with hymns/praises
• स्तोमेभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वचर्षणे: O (one) belonging to/seen by all peoples; O universal among men
• विश्वचर्षणे: सम्बोधन (कारकातीत)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: विश्व- + चर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जन/मनुष्य/लोक’) → विश्वचर्षणि (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय)

• सच: accompany! join!
• सच: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु ‘सचँ—सङ्गमे/अनुगमे’, ‘to accompany, to join’)

• एषु: in these
• एषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवनेषु: in the pressings/oblations (soma-pressings; ritual sessions)
• सवनेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither; towards (adds directional force)
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic Indra hymn tradition (AV 20).

Devata: Indra.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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