Mantra 1

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयमु त्वा विचर्षणे जनीरिवाभि संवृतः । प्र सोम इन्द्र सर्पतु

IAST Transliteration

ayám u tvā vicarṣaṇe jánīr ivā́bhi saṃvṛtáḥ | prá sóma indra sarpatu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Soma, verily, O wide-seeing Indra, hath wrapped thee round as a woman doth embrace: forth let the Soma, O Indra, glide within.

Translation

Este Soma, em verdade, ó Indra de amplo olhar, te envolveu como uma mulher abraça; que Soma, ó Indra, deslize para dentro, adiante.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विचर्षणे: O far-seeing/bright one (epithet)
• विचर्षणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वि-चर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक; संबोधन-रूप) / चर्ष् (धातु) से व्युत्पन्न

• जनीः: a woman
• जनीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा जनिन्- (स्त्री.)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अभि: towards, around
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• संवृतः: enclosed, covered, surrounded
• संवृतः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: सम्-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे) → संवृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed juice/deity)
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (address)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्पतु: let (him/it) creep/move forward
• सर्पतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृप् (सृप गतौ)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra-Soma tradition (AV 20 compilation layer).

Devata: Indra (with Soma as instrument/vehicle)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (RV-parallel may differ; AV transmission often regularizes)

Mantra Rasa

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