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Rig Veda 1.52.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 52, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.52

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स हि द्वरो द्वरिषु वव्र ऊधनि चन्द्रबुध्नो मदवृद्धो मनीषिभिः । इन्द्रं तमह्वे स्वपस्यया धिया मंहिष्ठरातिं स हि पप्रिरन्धसः ॥

Transliteration

sá hí dvaró dvaríṣu vavrá ū́dhani candrábudhno mádavṛddho manīṣíbhīḥ | índraṃ tám ahve svapasyáyā dhiyā́ maṃhíṣṭharātiṃ sá hí paprír ándhasaḥ ||

Translation

فإنه فاتحُ الأبواب؛ وفي المداخلِ هو السِّترُ الذي يحفظُ الكنزَ في الضَّرع؛ ذو أساسٍ قمريّ، نامٍ بالنشوةِ عبرَ أفكارِ الرُّشّاد. ذلك إندرا أدعوه بإرادةِ العملِ القويم وبفِكرٍ مُنير—أجزلَهم عطاءً، لأنه ممتلئٌ بالسُّوما.

Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
द्वरःa gate-keeper/guard
द्वरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्वर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘द्वार/द्वर’ = द्वारपाल/रक्षक)
द्वरिषुat the gates/doorways
द्वरिषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्वरि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘द्वरि’ = द्वार/प्रवेश)
वव्रेhas chosen/has enclosed
वव्रे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति ‘choose, take, cover’; RV: ‘enclose/choose for oneself’)
ऊधनिin the udder
ऊधनि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊधन् (प्रातिपदिक)
चन्द्रबुध्नःbright-based (having a shining foundation)
चन्द्रबुध्नः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootचन्द्र-बुध्न (समास; चन्द्र ‘bright’ + बुध्न ‘base/bottom’)
मदवृद्धःstrengthened by exhilaration (soma-rapture)
मदवृद्धः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमद-वृद्ध (समास; मद ‘intoxicating exhilaration’ + वृद्ध ‘grown/increased’)
मनीषिभिःby the sages/wise men
मनीषिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (इन्द्रम्-विशेषणम्)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तम्
अह्वेI invoke
अह्वे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (आह्वयति ‘call, invoke’)
स्वपस्ययाwith good service (devout skill)
स्वपस्यया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वपस्या (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good service/skillful worship’)
धियाwith inspired thought
धिया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, insight, hymn-intelligence’)
मंहिष्ठरातिम्the most bountiful giver
मंहिष्ठरातिम्:
Karma (इन्द्रम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमंहिष्ठ-राति (समास; मंहिष्ठ ‘most bountiful’ + राति ‘gift, giving’)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
हिindeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
पप्रिःhas filled/satisfied
पप्रिः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/पॢ (पिपर्ति ‘fill, satisfy’; RV perfect)
अन्धसःof the soma-juice
अन्धसः:
Karma/सम्बन्ध (पूरणस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘soma-juice, draught’)
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Vedic Cosmology
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