Rig Veda 3.53.13: Mandala 3, Sukta 53, Mantra 13
Sukta 3.53
Rishi: Viśvāmitra (and/or the Viśvāmitras as a seer-family in this hymn)
Devata: Indra (vajrin)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; RV 3.53 predominantly Tr̥ṣṭubh in many verses, but verse-level confirmation needed from a metrical index)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वामित्रा अरासत ब्रह्मेन्द्राय वज्रिणे । करदिन्नः सुराधसः ॥
Transliteration
viśvā́mitrā arāsata bráhméndrāya vájriṇe | karád ín naḥ su-rā́dhasaḥ ||
Translation
Die Viśvāmitras haben das Brahman, das heilige Wort, für Indra, den Vajrin, den Träger des Vajra, bereitet; möge diese Tat voll guter Gabe uns reichen Segen gewähren.
Word by Word
वि॒श्वामि॑त्रःViśvāmitra (the seer)
वि॒श्वामि॑त्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootविश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)
अरासतgave / bestowed
अरासत:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरास् (धातु; ‘देने/प्रापणे’)
ब्रह्मa sacred hymn / prayer
ब्रह्म:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तोत्र/मन्त्र/ब्रह्म’)
इन्द्रायto Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रिणेto the wielder of the thunderbolt
वज्रिणे:
सम्प्रदान (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वज्र-धारी’)
करत्made / fashioned
करत्:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु; ‘करणे’)
इन्indeed / surely
इन्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइन् (निपात/एन्क्लिटिक; बलवाचक)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
सम्बन्ध (अस्माकम्)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुराधसःthe bountiful ones / benefactors
सुराधसः:
कर्तृ (करत् इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively, plural)
Rootसु-राधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सु’ उपसर्ग + राधस् ‘दान/समृद्धि/उपकार’)
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