Rig Veda 6.44.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 44, Mantra 3
Sukta 6.44
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
येन वृद्धो न शवसा तुरो न स्वाभिरूतिभिः । सोमः सुतः स इन्द्र तेऽस्ति स्वधापते मदः ॥
Transliteration
yéna vṛddhó ná śávasā turó ná svā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ | sómaḥ sutáḥ sá índra té’sti svadhā́pate mádaḥ ||
Translation
Wodurch du wächst, als wärst du an Kraft vermehrt, als wärst du schnell durch deine eigenen Hilfen—dieser gepresste Soma ist für dich, o Indra, ein Rausch, o Herr der svadhā (des Selbstgesetzes).
Word by Word
येनby which
येन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
वृद्धःgrown, strengthened
वृद्धः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी
TypeAdjective (used predicatively)
Rootवृध् (धातु) → वृद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृदन्त)
नnot / like (in comparisons)
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
शवसाby might, by strength
शवसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तुरःimpetuous, overpowering
तुरः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift/overpowering’)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
स्वाभिःwith his own
स्वाभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective (pronominal)
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स्वा-
ऊतिभिःwith helps, with protections
ऊतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed, extracted
सुतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootसु (धातु ‘to press/extract’) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृदन्त)
सःhe / that (Soma)
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेfor you / of you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्व-
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
स्वधापतेO lord of svadhā (ritual power/oblation)
स्वधापते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative, compound epithet)
Rootस्वधा-पति (समास-प्रातिपदिक: स्वधा + पति)
मदःintoxication, exhilaration (rapture)
मदः:
कर्तृ/भाव (predicate-noun)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
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