Rig Veda 4.24.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 24, Mantra 5

Sukta 4.24

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Indra (with Soma and Pakti as operative powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आदिद्ध नेम इन्द्रियं यजन्त आदित्पक्तिः पुरोळाशं रिरिच्यात् । आदित्सोमो वि पपृच्यादसुष्वीनादिज्जुजोष वृषभं यजध्यै ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.24.5

Transliteration

ād iddha néma indriyáṃ yajante ādít paktíḥ puroḷā́śaṃ riricyāt | ādít sómo ví papṛcyād ásuṣvīn ādíj jujoṣa vṛṣabháṃ yajádhyai ||

Translation

حينئذٍ حقًّا، عن قُربٍ، يقرّبون اليَجْنَةَ لقوّةِ إندرا؛ وحينئذٍ تُعِدُّ باكتي كعكةَ القُربان (بوروداشا). وحينئذٍ ينبسط سوما لمن لم يعصروا (كفايةً)؛ وحينئذٍ يسعى ليستميل الثورَ (إندرا) لأجل فعلِ التضحية.

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Word by Word

• आत्: then; thereupon
• आत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत् (निपात) < अद्/अत्- (प्राग्वैदिक निपात-रूप)

• इद्ध: indeed; surely
• इद्ध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद्ध (निपात) < इद् (emphatic particle)

• नेमः: the rim; felly; (met.) the fixed course/measure
• नेमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रियम्: Indra’s power; might
• इन्द्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजन्ते: they worship; they sacrifice
• यजन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्

• आत्: then
• आत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत् (निपात)

• इत्: indeed
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात) < इद्

• पक्तिः: cooking; the act of baking/boiling (ritual preparation)
• पक्तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरोळाशम्: puroḍāśa cake (sacrificial rice-cake)
• पुरोळाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोळाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• रिरिच्यात्: should prepare/arrange; should set out (for offering)
• रिरिच्यात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिच्

• आत्: then
• आत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत् (निपात)

• इत्: indeed
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed juice/deity)
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; forth; fully
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पपृच्यात्: should mix; should blend
• पपृच्यात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच्

• असुष्वीन्: the non-pressers; those who do not press Soma
• असुष्वीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अ-सुष्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) < सु (सवने/प्रसवे) + श्विन्/इन्

• आत्: then
• आत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत् (निपात)

• इत्: indeed
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• जुजोष: he has enjoyed/accepted; he has been pleased with
• जुजोष: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जुष्

• वृषभम्: the bull (i.e., the strong one)
• वृषभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजध्यै: to worship; to sacrifice (in order to worship)
• यजध्यै: (Prayojana)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्