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Rig Veda 1.29.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 29, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.29

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify per Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (verify)

ससन्तु त्या अरातयो बोधन्तु शूर रातयः । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.29.4

sasántu tyā́ árātayo bódhantu śūra rātáyaḥ | ā́ tú na indra śaṃsaya góṣv áśveṣu śubhríṣu sahásreṣu tuvīmagha ||

لْتَخْبُتِ الَّذِينَ يَحْبِسُونَ وَيَصُدُّونَ؛ وَلْتَسْتَيْقِظِ العَطَايَا، يَا أَيُّهَا البَطَلُ. أَقْبِلْ يَا إِنْدْرَا، وَاجْعَلْ ثَنَاءَنَا الصَّادِقَ نَافِذًا—فِي الأَبْقَارِ وَالخَيْلِ، فِي البَهَاءِ المُشْرِقِ، فِي فُيُوضَاتٍ أَلْفِيَّةٍ مُتَلَأْلِئَةٍ، يَا وَاسِعَ العَطَاءِ.

ससन्तुlet (them) lie still / be quiet
ससन्तु:
(विधेय) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√सस् (ससँ) / √सन् (सन्) ‘to sleep/lie still’ (Vedic)
त्याthose (f.)
त्या:
कर्तृ (ससन्तु इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्य (Vedic deictic)
अरातयःhostilities / hostile (forces)
अरातयः:
कर्तृ (त्या इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन)
TypeNoun
Rootअराति- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘harm, hostility; hostile one’
बोधन्तुlet (them) awaken / take heed
बोधन्तु:
(विधेय) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√बुध् (बुधँ) ‘to wake, notice, become aware’
शूरO hero
शूर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootशूर- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘heroic, mighty’
रातयःgifts / bounties
रातयः:
कर्तृ (बोधन्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootराति- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘gift, giving; bounty’
आhither; forth
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (शंसय इत्यस्य)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
तुindeed; but
तु:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-बल (emphasis/contrast)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (निपात)
नःour / of us
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessor with गोषु/अश्वेषु/सहस्रेषु)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
शंसयproclaim / make renowned
शंसय:
(विधेय) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√शंस् (शंसँ) ‘to praise, proclaim’
गोषुamong (our) cows
गोषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootगो- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘cow’
अश्वेषुamong (our) horses
अश्वेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘horse’
शुभ्रिषुamong the splendid (ones)
शुभ्रिषु:
अधिकरण (गोषु अश्वेषु इत्यादीनां विशेषण-क्षेत्रे)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootशुभ्रि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bright, splendid (things/possessions)’
सहस्रेषुamong thousands
सहस्रेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun/Adjective (numeral)
Rootसहस्र- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thousand’
तुवीमघO much-bounteous one
तुवीमघ:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootतुवी-मघ- (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Indra: ‘of abundant bounty’)

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