Rig Veda 1.165.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 165, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.165

Rishi: Agastya Mānavā

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable; metrical verification recommended)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ब्रह्माणि मे मतयः शं सुतासः शुष्म इयर्ति प्रभृतो मे अद्रिः । आ शासते प्रति हर्यन्त्युक्थेमा हरी वहतस्ता नो अच्छ ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.165.4

Transliteration

bráhmāṇi me matáyaḥ śáṃ sutā́saḥ śúṣma iyarti prábhṛto me ádriḥ | ā́ śāsate práti haryanty ukthemā́ hárī vahatas tā́ no áccha ||

Translation

Die Brahmanas, meine inspirierten Gedanken, sind zum Heil; der ausgepresste Soma ist bereitet, und meine Kraft erhebt sich — mein Pressstein ist emporgehoben. Die Loblieder rufen; mit Freude antworten sie im Uktha. Mögen die beiden falben Rosse dich hierher zu uns tragen.

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Word by Word

• ब्रह्माणि: hymns, sacred utterances
• ब्रह्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ब्रह्मन्- (नपुंसक) ‘स्तोत्र/ब्रह्म’

• मे: my, of me
• मे: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मतयः: thoughts, inspirations
• मतयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति- (स्त्री) ‘विचार/प्रेरणा/भक्ति’

• शम्: well, auspiciously
• शम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय) ‘कल्याणम्/शिवम्’

• सुतासः: the pressed (soma-drops)
• सुतासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: सु- (धातु) → सुत- (कृदन्त, ‘pressed/expressed (soma)’)

• शुष्मः: strength, impetuous power
• शुष्मः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्म- (पुं) ‘बल/तेज/उत्साह’

• इयर्ति: sets in motion, impels
• इयर्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/इर् (धातु) ‘प्रेरणे/गत्यर्थे’

• प्रभृतः: lifted up, raised
• प्रभृतः: Kartā (as qualifier of अद्रिः)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: प्र-√भृ (धातु) → प्रभृत- (कृदन्त) ‘उठाया/उद्भृत’

• मे: my, of me
• मे: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अद्रिः: the stone (soma-pressing stone)
• अद्रिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि- (पुं) ‘पाषाण/सोमपेषण-शिला’

• आ: towards, forth
• आ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (preverb/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) ‘आभिमुख्ये/समन्तात्’

• शासते: they command, they instruct
• शासते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शास् (धातु) ‘आज्ञायाम्/उपदेशे’

• प्रति: towards, in response
• प्रति: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) ‘प्रतिमुखम्/विरुद्धम्’

• हर्यन्ति: they hasten, they are eager
• हर्यन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ/हर् (धातु) ‘हरणे/आकर्षणे’; वैदिक ‘हर्य्’ = ‘इच्छति/हर्षति/त्वरते’

• उक्थे: in the hymn, in the recitation
• उक्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ- (नपुं) ‘स्तोत्र/शस्त्र’

• इमा: these two
• इमा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• हरी: the two bay steeds (of Indra)
• हरी: Kartā (apposition to इमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि- (पुं) ‘हरितवर्ण अश्व; इन्द्रस्य अश्वौ’

• वहतः: they carry, they convey
• वहतः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु) ‘वहने’

• ताः: they (those)
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• नः: us, our
• नः: Karma (as ‘us’) / Sambandha (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अच्छ: towards, hither
• अच्छ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छ (अव्यय) ‘अभिमुखम्/समीपम्’