Mantra 5
Sukta 1.3
Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.1–1.11; RV 1.3 likewise in this cycle)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables; standard for early Indra-invocations in this section)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रा याहि धियेषितो विप्रजूतः सुतावतः । उप ब्रह्माणि वाघतः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
इन्द्रा या॑हि धि॒येषि॒तो विप्र॑जूतः सु॒ताव॑तः । उप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि वा॒घत॑: ॥
Transliteration
índrā́ yā́hi dhiyéṣitó víprajūtaḥ sutā́vataḥ | úpa bráhmāṇi vā́ghataḥ ||
Translation
O Indra, come—impelled by the illumined thought, urged on by the seer’s inspiration—to the one who has pressed the Soma; come near to the man of aspiration and his mantras, that the Force of truth may enter and act in us.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
इन्द्र॑ । आ । या॒हि॒ । धि॒या । इ॒षि॒तः । विप्र॑ऽजूतः । सु॒तऽव॑तः । उप॑ । ब्रह्मा॑णि । वा॒घतः॑ ॥इन्द्र । आ । याहि । धिया । इषितः । विप्रजूतः । सुतवतः । उप । ब्रह्माणि । वाघतः ॥indra | ā | yāhi | dhiyā | iṣitaḥ | vipra-jūtaḥ | suta-vataḥ | upa | brahmāṇi | vāghataḥ
Word by Word
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards (us)
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional: ‘hither’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
याहिcome!
याहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
धियेषितःimpelled by (our) thought/prayer
धियेषितः:
कर्तृविशेषण (Indra qualified as ‘impelled by…’)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootधि (प्रातिपदिक) + इष् (धातु) → इषित (कृदन्त)
विप्रजूतःurged on by the seers/poets
विप्रजूतः:
कर्तृविशेषण
TypeAdjective (PPP used adjectivally)
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जू (धातु) → जूत (कृदन्त)
सुतावतःof the Soma-pressing (worshipper), of the one with pressed Soma
सुतावतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of/at the one with Soma’)
TypeAdjective (possessive)
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pressed Soma’) + वत् (मतुप्/वतुप्-प्रत्यय)
उपnear, towards
उप:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional: ‘near/to’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
ब्रह्माणिsacred formulations, hymns
ब्रह्माणि:
कर्म (object of implied motion/approach) / लक्ष्य
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वाघतःof the singer/offerer
वाघतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the singer/offerer’)
TypeNoun
Rootवाघत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer/offerer’)