Rig Veda 4.32.13: Mandala 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 13
Sukta 4.32
Rishi: Gautama lineage
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यच्चिद्धि शश्वतामसीन्द्र साधारणस्त्वम् । तं त्वा वयं हवामहे ॥
Transliteration
yác cíd dhí śáśvatām ásīndra sā́dhāraṇas tvám | táṃ tvā vayáṃ havāmahe ||
Translation
وإن كنتَ للخالِدينَ قوّةً مشتركةً، يا إندرا، فإيّاكَ—نعم، إيّاكَ—نحن ندعوكَ إلينا.
Word by Word
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
Karma (of implied verb ‘अस्ति/भवति’ in the relative clause)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
चित्even / indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootचित् (निपात)
हिfor / indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootहि (निपात)
शश्वताम्of the everlasting (ones/things)
शश्वताम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the everlasting ones/everlasting things’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशश्वत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
असिthou art
असि:
— (copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) ‘to be’
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
साधारणःcommon, shared, belonging to all
साधारणः:
Kartā (as predicate nominative with ‘असि’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसाधारण (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him / that one
तम्:
Karma (object of ‘हवामहे’)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाthee
त्वा:
Karma (object of ‘हवामहे’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke / call upon
हवामहे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे (धातु) ‘to call, invoke’
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