Rig Veda 7.55.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 55, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.55
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for much of Maṇḍala 7; hymn-level attribution presumed)
Devata: Charm/appeasement against disturbance; Indra is explicitly invoked as the source of rāyí; the addressed ‘you’ functions as a protective power (often treated in this hymn-context as a sleep/quieting formulation).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely for RV 7.55; verse-level meter should be verified against pada counts in a critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वं सूकरस्य दर्दृहि तव दर्दर्तु सूकरः । स्तोतॄनिन्द्रस्य रायसि किमस्मान्दुच्छुनायसे नि षु स्वप ॥
Transliteration
tvaṁ sū́karasya dadṛhi táva dardartu sūkaráḥ | stotṝ́n índrasya rāyasi kím asmā́n du cchunāyase ní ṣu svàpa ||
Translation
يا قوّةً في داخلنا، اسحقْ خنزيرَ الاندفاعِ المُظلِم؛ ولْيُحطَّمْ ذلك الخنزيرُ بقوّتك. أنتَ وفرةُ إندرا (rāyí) للنفسِ التي تُقدِّمُ التسبيح: فلماذا تصرفُنا إلى سوءِ الطالع؟ اخفِضْ نفسَك—وغُصْ في نومٍ تامّ.
Word by Word
त्वम्thou (you)
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सूकरस्यof the boar
सूकरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
दर्दृहिmake (it) firm / strengthen
दर्दृहि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootदृढ्/दृंह् (धातु; ‘to make firm, strengthen’)
तवof thee / thy
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दर्दर्तुlet (him/it) strengthen / make firm
दर्दर्तु:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootदृढ्/दृंह् (धातु; ‘to make firm, strengthen’)
सूकरःthe boar
सूकरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तोतॄन्the praisers
स्तोतॄन्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘praiser’)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रायसिin/with wealth (bounty)
रायसि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootरायि/राय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth, bounty’)
किम्why? / what?
किम्:
(प्रश्न) —
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दुच्छुनायसेfor misfortune / to ill-omen
दुच्छुनायसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootदुच्छुनायस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ill-omen, evil portent/affliction’)
निdown, away (as preverb)
नि:
(क्रिया-विशेषण) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
षुindeed, straightway (emphatic particle)
षु:
(निपात) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (वैदिक निपात)
स्वपsleep!
स्वप:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootस्वप् (धातु; ‘to sleep’)
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