Mantra 3

Sukta 78

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कुवित्सस्य प्र हि व्रजं गोमन्तं दस्युहा गमत्। शचीभिरप नो वरत्

IAST Transliteration

kuvít sasya prá hí vrajáṃ gómantaṃ dasyuhā́ gámat | śácībhir ápa no varat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Perchance may he, the Dasyu-slayer, come forth unto the cow-abounding pen; and with his powers may he avert from us (all harm).

Translation

ਸ਼ਾਇਦ ਦਸ੍ਯੁ-ਹੰਤਾ (ਸ਼ਤ੍ਰੁ-ਸੰਹਾਰਕ) ਗੋਮੰਤ ਵ੍ਰਜ—ਗਾਂਵਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਪੂਰ ਗੋਸ਼ਾਲਾ—ਵੱਲ ਅੱਗੇ ਆ ਕੇ ਪਹੁੰਚੇ; ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਚੀਭਿਃ (ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ) ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡੇ ਤੋਂ ਸਭ ਅਪਸ਼ਕੁਨ ਤੇ ਹਾਨੀ ਦੂਰ ਕਰੇ।

Word by Word

• कुवित्: perhaps? / whether?
• कुवित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कु (प्रश्नार्थक-प्रत्यय ‘वित्’ सहित) / अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक

• स्य: of him/its
• स्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• व्रजम्: cattle-pen, herd/enclosure
• व्रजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रज (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोमन्तम्: rich in cows, having cattle
• गोमन्तम्: Karma (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘गो’ + ‘मन्त्’)

• दस्युहा: slayer of the Dasyu
• दस्युहा: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दस्युहन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दस्यु’ + ‘हन्’)

• गमत्: may he go/come
• गमत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• शचीभिः: with powers/skills (शचीः)
• शचीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: from us / our
• नः: Apādāna (अर्थतः ‘from us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वरत्: may he ward off/turn away
• वरत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; ‘वृ’ = वरणे/वरण-गत्यर्थे; उपसर्ग ‘अप’ सहित)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn seer (per RV parallel).

Devata: Indra (Dasyuhā)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (to be confirmed).

Mantra Rasa

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