Rig Veda 10.174.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 174, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.174
Rishi: Attributed traditionally to a late (10th maṇḍala) seer-family context; commonly indexed as a Rāṣṭra/Abhivarta type hymn (exact r̥ṣi varies by recension/Anukramaṇī; requires edition-specific confirmation).
Devata: Brahmaṇaspati (with Indra invoked as the exemplar of victorious turning).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (10.174 is typically triṣṭubh in many indices; verify per pada-count in the chosen Saṃhitā edition).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभीवर्तेन हविषा येनेन्द्रो अभिवावृते । तेनास्मान्ब्रह्मणस्पतेऽभि राष्ट्राय वर्तय ॥
Transliteration
abhīvarténa havíṣā yénéndro abhivāvṛté | ténāsmān brahmaṇas-pate ’bhí rāṣṭrā́ya vartaya ||
Translation
Mit jener sieghaften Opfergabe (havis), durch die Indra ganz zur Siegeswende gebracht wird, — mit derselben Kraft, o Brahmaṇaspati, Herr des Wortes, wende auch uns hin zum Reich, zur rāṣṭra, zur geordneten Herrschaft.
Word by Word
अभीवर्तेनby/with the ‘turning toward, winning over’ (act/means of subduing)
अभीवर्तेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअभीवर्त (प्रातिपदिक; अभि-√वृत् ‘वर्तने/आवरणे’ से भाव/करण-नाम)
हविषाwith the oblation
हविषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
येनby which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिवावृतेhas turned himself toward / has encompassed / has come over (to us)
अभिवावृते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्तने/आवरणे) with preverb अभि; reduplicated perfect middle
तेनwith that; thereby
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणस्पतेO Lord of sacred speech (Bṛhaspati)
ब्रह्मणस्पते:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मणस्-पति (समास; ब्रह्मणस् ‘prayer/sacred formulation’ + पति ‘lord’)
अभिtoward; unto
अभि:
(उपसर्ग; दिशासूचक/लक्ष्यसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
राष्ट्रायfor the realm/kingdom
राष्ट्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्तयturn/lead (us); cause (us) to proceed
वर्तय:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्तने) causative stem वर्तय-
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