Mantra 1

Sukta 91

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इमां धियं सप्तशीर्ष्णीं पिता न ऋतप्रजातां बृहतीमविन्दत्। तुरीयं स्विज्जनयद् विश्वजन्योऽयास्य उक्थमिन्द्राय शंसन्

IAST Transliteration

imā́ṃ dhíyaṃ saptáśīrṣṇīṃ pitā́ na ṛtá-prajātāṃ bṛhatī́m avindat | turī́yaṃ svìj janayad viśvájanyo ’yā́syá ukthám índrāya śáṃsan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This thought, seven-headed, born of ṛta, lofty—our Father found it. A fourth (portion) verily did the all-men’s (seer) Ayāsya generate, reciting an utterance unto Indra.

Translation

Tư tưởng (dhī) này—bảy đầu (saptśīrṣṇī), sinh từ ṛta, cao rộng—Cha của chúng ta đã tìm thấy. Quả thật, Ayāsya, người của muôn dân, đã làm phát sinh phần thứ tư ấy, tụng lời uktha dâng lên Indra để cầu điều lành.

Word by Word

इमाम्this (f.)

धियम्thought; hymn; insight

सप्तशीर्ष्णीम्seven-headed

पिताthe father

नःof us; our

ऋतप्रजाताम्born of ṛta (cosmic order); rightly born

बृहतीम्the great one; (also) Bṛhatī-metre

अविन्दत्found; obtained

तुरीयम्the fourth (one)

स्वित्indeed; perhaps; surely

जनयत्generated; produced

विश्वजन्यःbelonging to all people; universal

अयास्यःAyāsya (a seer)

उक्थम्hymn of praise; recitation

इन्द्रायfor Indra

शंसन्praising; reciting

Attribution

Rishi: Ayāsya (as named within the verse; RV seer tradition transmitted in AV 20).

Devata: Indra (recipient of uktha); secondarily Dhī/Mantra as sacral power.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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