Mantra 1

Sukta 91

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुत्रामा इन्द्रः। इन्द्रः सुत्रामा स्ववाँ अवोभिः सुमृडीको भवतु विश्ववेदाः । बाधतां द्वेषो अभयं नः कृणोतु सुवीर्यस्य पतयः स्याम

IAST Transliteration

sutrā́mā índraḥ | índraḥ sutrā́mā svávāṁ ávobhiḥ sumṛḍī́ko bhavatu viśvávedāḥ | bā́dhatāṁ dvéṣo abháyaṁ naḥ kṛṇotu suvī́ryasya pátayaḥ syāma

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Indra is the good Protector. May Indra, the good Protector—strong in his own might, with his aids—be gracious, all-knowing. Let him repel hatred; let him make us fearless; may we be lords of excellent manly power.

Translation

ਇੰਦਰ ‘ਸੁਤ੍ਰਾਮਾ’ ਹੈ—ਚੰਗਾ ਰਖਵਾਲਾ। ਆਪਣੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਲਵਾਨ, ਆਪਣੇ ਸਹਾਇਕ ਉਪਕਾਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ, ਸਰਵਵੇਦਾ, ਕਿਰਪਾਲੂ ਇੰਦਰ ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਸੁਮ੍ਰਡੀਕ (ਕਲਿਆਣਕਾਰੀ) ਹੋਵੇ। ਉਹ ਦ੍ਵੈਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਦੂਰ ਕਰੇ; ਸਾਨੂੰ ਅਭਯ ਕਰੇ; ਅਸੀਂ ਉੱਤਮ ਵੀਰਯ ਦੇ ਪਤੀ (ਅਧਿਪਤੀ) ਬਣੀਏ।

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुत्रामा: having good protection / a good protector
• सुत्रामा: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-त्रामन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good-protector’)

• स्ववान्: mighty, possessed of power/wealth
• स्ववान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ववत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing strength/wealth’)

• अवोभिः: with helps/protections
• अवोभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, protection’)

• सुमृडीकः: very gracious, kindly
• सुमृडीकः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-मृडीक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘very gracious/merciful’)

• भवतु: let (him) be
• भवतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• विश्ववेदाः: all-knowing
• विश्ववेदाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-वेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘all-knowing’)

• बाधताम्: let (him) drive away / repel
• बाधताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)

• द्वेषः: hatred, hostility
• द्वेषः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभयम्: fearlessness, safety
• अभयम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-भय (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान (हित-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• कृणोतु: let (him) make
• कृणोतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• सुवीर्यस्य: of good heroism/valour
• सुवीर्यस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतयः: lords, masters
• पतयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Indra-protection formula; specific r̥ṣi requires anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Indra (Sutrāmā)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic cadence; not strictly regular in all pādas)

Mantra Rasa

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