Rig Veda 10.96.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 96, Mantra 1

Sukta 10.96

Rishi: Not specified in provided text; hymn RV 10.96 is an Indra-stuti (late maṇḍala).

Devata: Indra (with Harī, his twin steeds as powers of dynamism).

Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (needs metrical verification per pada count; late hymns often vary).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते महे विदथे शंसिषं हरी प्र ते वन्वे वनुषो हर्यतं मदम् । घृतं न यो हरिभिश्चारु सेचत आ त्वा विशन्तु हरिवर्पसं गिरः ॥

Transliteration

prá te mahé vidáthe śaṁsiṣaṁ hárī prá te vanve vánuṣo haryatáṁ mádam | ghṛtáṁ na yó háribhiś cā́ru sécatā́ tvā viśantu hári-varpasaṁ gíraḥ ||

Translation

For you, for the great one, in the assembly of knowledge, I set forth the praise; for you I win the rapture that is desirable to the striving soul. As one pours a lovely stream of clarified sweetness with the tawny powers, so may my words enter you—O you of golden-luminous form.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad- (युष्मद्)

• महे: to the great (one)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: mah- (महत्)

• विदथे: in the rite/assembly (vidatha)
• विदथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidathá-

• शंसिषम्: I desire to praise
• शंसिषम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस् (śaṃs) → शंसिṣ- (desiderative stem)

• हरी: the two bay horses
• हरी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: harí-

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad- (युष्मद्)

• वन्वे: I seek/win (for myself), I strive for
• वन्वे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन् (van) / √वन्व् (vanv) (Vedic)

• वनुषः: of the seeker/wooer (vanuṣa)
• वनुषः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: vanuṣá-

• हर्यतम्: delightful, to-be-enjoyed
• हर्यतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haryatá-

• मदम्: intoxication/rapture (soma-joy)
• मदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: madá-

• घृतम्: ghee, clarified butter
• घृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛtá-

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: yá-

• हरिभिः: with the bay horses
• हरिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: harí-

• चारु: beautiful, pleasing
• चारु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cā́ru-

• सेचत: poured/sprinkled
• सेचत: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (sic)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad- (युष्मद्)

• विशन्तु: let (them) enter
• विशन्तु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (viś)

• हरिवर्पसम्: having tawny/bay appearance, of golden form
• हरिवर्पसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi)
• Root: hari-varpas-

• गिरः: songs, hymns
• गिरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: gír-