Mantra 3

Sukta 60

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मो षु ब्रह्मेव तन्द्रयुर्भुवो वाजानां पते । मत्स्वा सुतस्य गोमतः

IAST Transliteration

mā́ u ṣú bráhmeva tandrayúr bhúvo vājānāṃ pate | mátsvā sutásya gó-mataḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Be not, I pray, like prayer itself grown sluggish, O Lord of prizes: be exhilarate with the pressed (Soma), rich in kine.

Translation

Hỡi Chúa tể của các phần thưởng, xin đừng trở nên uể oải như chính lời cầu nguyện (brahman) đã chùng xuống. Hãy hân hoan với Soma (Soma) đã được ép, thứ giàu có đàn bò.

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / मा (अव्यय)

• षु: indeed / just
• षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षु (निपात)

• ब्रह्म: sacred utterance; prayer
• ब्रह्म: Karma (as predicative complement with इव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like / as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (उपमा-अव्यय)

• तन्द्रयुः: drowsy; sluggish
• तन्द्रयुः: Kartā (understood subject: ‘you’/‘he’ as addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तन्द्रयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तन्द्रा’ + यु)

• भुवः: of the world / of existence
• भुवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (धातु) → भुवस्/भुवः (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजानाम्: of prizes; of strengths
• वाजानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• पते: O lord
• पते: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• मत्स्व: be exhilarated / rejoice
• मत्स्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु) + स्व (लोट् मध्यम-एकवचन; आत्मनेपद)

• सुतस्य: of the pressed (Soma)
• सुतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)

• गोमतः: rich in cows; possessing cattle
• गोमतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमत् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic source attribution (as per AVŚ 20).

Devata: Indra (Soma-drinker, lord of vāja)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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