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Rig Veda 1.175.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 175, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.175

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

यथा पूर्वेभ्यो जरितृभ्य इन्द्र मय इवापो न तृष्यते बभूथ । तामनु त्वा निविदं जोहवीमि विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

yáthā pū́rvebhyo jaritṛ́bhya indra máya iva ā́po ná tṛ́ṣyate babhū́tha | tā́m ánu tvā ni-vídaṃ johavīmi vidyā́meṣáṃ vṛ́janaṃ jīrá-dānum ||

যেমন তুমি পূর্বতন জরিতৃদের (স্তোতাদের) প্রতি, হে ইন্দ্র, তৃপ্তিদায়ক আপঃ (জল) এর ন্যায় ছিলে—যা তৃষ্ণাকে ব্যর্থ করে না—তেমনি। সেই অনুসারে এই নিবিদ্ (পবিত্র আহ্বান-বাক্য) দ্বারা আমি তোমাকে আহ্বান করি। আমরা এষ (প্রেরণা) ও বৃজন (বিজয়ক্ষেত্র) জেনে-লাভ করি, এবং তোমাকেও—দ্রুত দানকারী দাতাকে—লাভ করি।

यथाas, just as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya)
पूर्वेभ्यःfrom/than the former ones
पूर्वेभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
जरितृभ्यःto/for the praisers (bards)
जरितृभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √जर्/√गॄ ‘to sing/praise’ से ‘स्तोतृ’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मयःdelight, refreshment, benefit
मयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as it were
इव:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (avyaya)
आपःwaters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
not
:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (avyaya)
तृष्यतेthirsts
तृष्यते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√तृष् (तृष्)
बभूथyou have become; you were
बभूथ:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√भू
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
अनुafter, following
अनु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (avyaya/उपसर्ग)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
निविदम्invocation-formula; liturgical summons
निविदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिविद् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘निविद्’ = स्तुतिवाक्य/आह्वान-रूपा निविद्)
जोहवीमिI repeatedly call/invoke
जोहवीमि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वा/ह्वे ‘to call’)
विद्यामmay we know/find
विद्याम:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विद् ‘to know/find’)
एषम्this
एषम्:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएष (प्रातिपदिक)
वृजनम्enclosure; community/host; (often) battle/strife
वृजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृजन (प्रातिपदिक)
जीरदानुम्having swift-flowing waters; (epithet) rich in flowing streams
जीरदानुम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootजीरदानु (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि: ‘जीर’ + ‘दानु’)

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