Rig Veda 4.31.3 — Mandala 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 3
Sukta 4.31
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभी षु णः सखीनामविता जरितॄणाम् । शतं भवास्यूतिभिः ॥
Transliteration
abhī́ ṣú ṇaḥ sákhīnām avitā́ jaritṝṇā́m | śatáṃ bhavāsy ūtíbhīḥ ||
Translation
আমাৰ সখাসকলৰ সহায়ক হওঁক, আৰু জৰিতৃ—গায়কসকলৰ ৰক্ষক হওঁক। তোমাৰ ঊতিসমূহে আমাৰ বাবে শতগুণ হওঁক—আত্মাৰ অগ্ৰগতিক ধৰি ৰখা সহায়সমূহ বহুগুণে বৃদ্ধি কৰক।
Word by Word
अ॒भीtowards; unto
अ॒भी:
Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/सम्बन्ध-निर्देशक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
षुindeed; pray; now
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (निपात)
नःto us; for us
नः:
Sampradāna (हितार्थे ‘to/for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सखी॑नाम्of (our) friends/companions
सखी॑नाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
अविताprotector; helper
अविता:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootअव् (धातु) → अवितृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
जरितॄ॒णाम्of the singers/praisers
जरितॄ॒णाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √जर्/√जृ? ‘to praise/sing’ (Vedic: jaritṛ = praiser)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootशत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
भवासीbe (thou); become
भवासी:
क्रिया (वाक्य-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
ऊतिभिःwith aids; with protections
ऊतिभिः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक) < √अव्/√व? ‘help, aid, protection’ (Vedic ūti)
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