Mantra 9

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्वाञ्चं त्वा सुखे रथे वहतामिन्द्र केशिना । घृतस्नू बर्हिरासदे

IAST Transliteration

arvā́ñcaṃ tvā sukhe ráthe váhatām indra keśínā | ghṛtásnū bárhir āsáde

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hitherward let the long-maned (steeds) bear thee, Indra, in thy easy chariot, to sit upon the sacred grass, dripping with ghee.

Translation

Que para cá os (corcéis) de longa crina te conduzam, Indra, no teu carro suave, para te assentares sobre o Barhis sagrado, a pingar ghee.

Word by Word

• अर्वाञ्चम्: towards here, hither (one)
• अर्वाञ्चम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्यय-निपात ‘अर्वाक्’ से निष्पन्न विशेषण)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुखे: in a comfortable/pleasant (state)
• सुखे: अधिकारण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथे: in the chariot
• रथे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहताम्: let (the two) carry/bring
• वहताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• केशिना: with the long-haired one / with the maned (steed)
• केशिना: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृतस्नू: (that which is) dripping with ghee
• घृतस्नू: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृतस्नु (प्रातिपदिक; घृत + स्नू ‘oozing/flowing’)

• बर्हिः: the sacrificial grass (barhis)
• बर्हिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसदे: sit down upon / take your seat
• आसदे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra-invitation tradition (as transmitted in AV 20)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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