Mantra 1

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदिन्द्राहं यथा त्वमीशीय वस्व एक इत्। स्तोता मे गोषखा स्यात्

IAST Transliteration

yádi índrāháṃ yáthā tvám īśíya vásva éka ít | stótā me góṣakhā syāt

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If, O Indra, even as thou, I might have lordship over wealth, alone indeed—then may my praiser be a cow-friend unto me.

Translation

若我，因陀罗啊，能如你一般，独自掌有财富之主权——愿我的赞歌者成为我的“牛之友”。

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ (of ईशीयेयम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ (implied, of ‘art/are’ in comparison)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• ईशीयेयम्: may I rule / may I be master
• ईशीयेयम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईश् (ईशते/ईष्टे) अथवा ईश् (ईशति) ‘to rule, be master of’

• वस्वः: of wealth, of riches
• वस्वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation to ‘एकः’/‘ईशीयेयम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु

• एकः: alone, single
• एकः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (of अहम्) / predicate ‘alone’
• Type: Adjective (numeral) used substantively
• Root: एक

• इत्: indeed, just, only
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (emphatic particle)
• Root: इत्

• स्तोता: praiser, singer
• स्तोता: कर्तृ (of स्यात्)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: स्तोतृ (from √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• मे: my, of me
• मे: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (possessor: ‘my’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• गोषखा: a friend of cows (cow-protecting companion)
• गोषखा: कर्तृ-विशेषण (of स्तोता) / predicate nominative
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: गो- + सख (सखा) ‘cow’ + ‘friend/companion’

• स्यात्: may be, should be
• स्यात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (to be)

Attribution

Rishi: Indra-stuti tradition (RV-derived); in AV 20 generally RV seers; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on RV parallel for this verse.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (RV-style stotra cadence; exact metrical classification depends on RV parallel).

Mantra Rasa

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