Mantra 16

Sukta 71

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुतेसुते न्योऽकसे बृहद् बृहत एदरिः । इन्द्राय शूषमर्चति

IAST Transliteration

suté-suté ny òkase bṛhád bṛhatá édariḥ | índrā́ya śūṣám arcati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

At every Soma-pressing he settles him in his proper seat—the Great, the Great One’s impeller; for Indra he chants the vehement might.

Translation

ਹਰ ਸੌਮ-ਸੁਤੀ ਵੇਲੇ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਯੋਗ ਆਸਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਿਠਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ—ਮਹਾਨ, ਮਹਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣ ਵਾਲਾ; ਇੰਦਰ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਉਗ੍ਰ ਸ਼ੂਸ਼ (ਵੀਰ੍ਯ-ਬਲ) ਦਾ ਗਾਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• सुते: in the pressed Soma (at the Soma-pressing)
• सुते: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुते: in the pressed Soma
• सुते: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; in; into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि

• ओकसे: to the dwelling/home
• ओकसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहत्: great
• बृहत्: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहतः: of the great
• बृहतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• एदरिः: the singer/praiser (a Vedic epithet/name)
• एदरिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: एदरि (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-नाम)

• इन्द्राय: for/to Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शूषम्: strength; vigor; might
• शूषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्चति: praises; sings
• अर्चति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic provenance (Indra-stotra tradition); Atharvavedic Book 20 is a collection of RV-derived hymns (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by underlying RV locus).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagati-type stotra diction (as per RV-style; exact meter depends on underlying RV verse identification)

Mantra Rasa

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