Rig Veda 4.29.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 29, Mantra 5

Sukta 4.29

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional for Mandala 4); specific hymn attribution not provided in input

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वोतासो मघवन्निन्द्र विप्रा वयं ते स्याम सूरयो गृणन्तः । भेजानासो बृहद्दिवस्य राय आकाय्यस्य दावने पुरुक्षोः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.29.5

Transliteration

tvó-tāso maghavann indra víprā vayáṃ te syāma sūrayo gṛṇántaḥ | bhejānā́so bṛhád-divasya rāyá ākā́yyasya dā́vane puru-kṣóḥ ||

Translation

O Maghavan, Indra, von dir behütet, mögen wir Vipras sein — licht im Erkennen —, dich stets preisend. Teilhaftig der Reichtümer des weiten Himmels, mögen wir würdig sein, die freigebige Gabe deiner reichen Fülle zu empfangen.

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Word by Word

• त्वोतासः: (we) aided by you
• त्वोतासः: Kartā (with विप्राः as apposition) / संबोधन-सम्बन्ध (to Indra implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वद् + अव (√अव् ‘रक्षण/सहाय्य’ → अवतृ/अवतार-; here in compound) / प्रातिपदिक: त्वद्-उत (त्वोत) ‘thy-aided’

• मघवन्: O bountiful one
• मघवन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: मघवन्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘bountiful, giver’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विप्राः: inspired seers/poets
• विप्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र- (प्रातिपदिक ‘inspired poet, sage’)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā (core subject) सह-सम्बन्ध with विप्राः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation to स्याम) / Adhikaraṇa-like possessive
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्/त्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् ‘to be’

• सूरयः: patrons/nobles
• सूरयः: Kartā / predicate-nominative with स्याम
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘patron, noble, lord’)

• गृणन्तः: praising, singing
• गृणन्तः: Kartā (agreeing with वयम्/विप्राः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √गॄ/गृ ‘to sing, praise’

• भेजानासः: partaking/obtaining
• भेजानासः: Kartā (describing the same ‘we’)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √भज् ‘to share, partake, obtain’

• बृहद्दिवस्य: of the wide heaven
• बृहद्दिवस्य: Sambandha (genitive with रायः)
• Type: Noun phrase
• Root: बृहद्- (विशेषण) + दिव्/द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक ‘sky, heaven, day’)

• रायः: of wealth, bounty
• रायः: Sambandha (genitive dependent on भेज़ानासः: ‘partaking of wealth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/राय- (प्रातिपदिक ‘wealth, bounty’)

• आकाय्यस्य: of the desirable/aimed-at (gift)
• आकाय्यस्य: Sambandha (genitive qualifier of दावने)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √का/कय् (Vedic; ‘to desire/seek’?) → आकाय्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be desired/aimed at’ or ‘to be approached’), uncertain etymology

• दावने: for giving, for bestowal
• दावने: Sampradāna / purpose-dative (‘for giving’)
• Type: Noun (verbal noun)
• Root: √दा ‘to give’ → दावन- (action noun ‘giving, gift-bestowal’)

• पुरुक्षोः: of the much-nourishing/abundant (one)
• पुरुक्षोः: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of the abundant one’—Indra) / possessor of the giving
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: पुरु- ‘many’ + क्षु/क्षो- (Vedic prātipadika; ‘nourishment/food’ or ‘abundance’), compound पुरुक्षु-/पुरुक्षो- ‘rich in nourishment/abundant’