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Rig Veda 1.174.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 174, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.174

Rishi: Agastya Māna (traditional; verify per corpus).
Devata: Indra (with explicit Agni mention as protected inner fire)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अजा वृत इन्द्र शूरपत्नीर्द्यां च येभिः पुरुहूत नूनम् । रक्षो अग्निमशुषं तूर्वयाणं सिंहो न दमे अपांसि वस्तोः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.174.3
Transliteration

ájā vṛ́ta indra śū́ra-patnīr dyā́ṃ ca yébhiḥ puru-hūta nū́nám | rákṣo agním aśúṣaṃ tū́rvayāṇaṃ siṃhó na dáme apā́ṃsi vástoh ||

Translation

Mit diesen Kräften, o Indra, umschlossest du die unalternden Mächte und selbst den Himmel, o Vielangerufener, auch jetzt. Hüte das Feuer, das nicht erlischt, voranstürmend; wie ein Löwe im Haus beschütze die Werke unserer Wohnstatt.

Word by Word
अजाthe she-goat (Aja; mythic/ritual goat)
अजा:
कर्तृ (उपपद-कर्तृ; ‘अजा’ as subject of implied action) / or कर्म (if taken as object in elliptical construction)
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₂eǵ- ‘drive, lead’ (goat as ‘driven animal’)
वृतःchosen / encompassed (as an epithet)
वृतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य)
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Root√वृ (वृणोति ‘to choose, cover’) → क्त (past passive participle) ‘वृत’
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शूरO hero
शूर:
सम्बोधन-विशेषण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
पत्नीःwives / consorts
पत्नीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
द्याम्heaven / the sky
द्याम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
येभिःwith whom / by whom
येभिः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुहूतO much-invoked one
पुरुहूत:
सम्बोधन-विशेषण
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootपुरुहूत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘much-invoked’)
नूनम्now / indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
रक्षःdemon / evil spirit (Rakṣas)
रक्षः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni (fire)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अशुषम्swift / vehement
अशुषम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअशुष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift, impetuous’)
तूर्वयाणम्rushing forward / impetuously advancing
तूर्वयाणम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootतूर्वयाण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rushing/overpowering in onset’)
सिंहःa lion
सिंहः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ; simile-subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike / as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
दमेin the house / in the dwelling
दमे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘house, domain’)
अपाम्सिdeeds / works
अपाम्सि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअपस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘work, deed’)
वस्तोःof the dwelling / of the abode
वस्तोः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्तु/वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dwelling, abode’; RV also ‘dawn/early time’ in some contexts)
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