Mantra 4

Sukta 93

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ईङ्खयन्तीरपस्युव इन्द्रं जातमुपासते । भेजानासः सुवीर्यम्

IAST Transliteration

īṅkháyantīr apasyúva índraṃ jātám upā́sate | bhejānā́saḥ suvī́ryam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Swaying to and fro, eager for service, they wait upon Indra newly manifest; partakers (of his gift) they win excellent hero-might.

Translation

她们前后摇曳，渴求奉事，侍候新近显现的因陀罗；既为其赐福之分受者，便赢得卓越的英雄威力（su-vīrya）。

Word by Word

• ईङ्खयन्तीः: shaking/moving (fem. pl.)
• ईङ्खयन्तीः: Kartā (of उपासते)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: ईङ्खय् (धातु; caus./denom. from √ईङ्ख/ईख् ‘to shake, move’)

• अपस्यवः: the industrious/active ones
• अपस्यवः: Kartā (apposition to implied subject; qualifying the worshippers)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अपस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘active, industrious, devoted to work/service’)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma (object of उपासते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातम्: born; newly-born
• जातम्: Karma (qualifier of the object इन्द्रम्)
• Type: Verb (past participle)
• Root: √जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त; क्त)

• उपासते: they worship/attend upon
• उपासते: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√आस् (धातु; ‘to sit near, attend, worship’)

• भेजानासः: sharing/partaking; having obtained
• भेजानासः: Kartā (appositional qualifier of the worshippers)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √भज् (धातु) → भेजान (कृदन्त; perfect/participial formation used as adjective)

• सुवीर्यम्: excellent valour/heroic power
• सुवीर्यम्: Karma (object/complement with ‘partaking/obtaining’ sense of भेजानासः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good heroism/valour, excellent strength’)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra-stuti tradition (RV-derived material in AV 20; seer attribution follows the Rigvedic source-hymn lineage).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted in AV 20 RV-recitational corpus; metrical exactness depends on pada division)

Mantra Rasa

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