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Rig Veda 1.3.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 3, 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)

इन्द्रा याहि धियेषितो विप्रजूतः सुतावतः । उप ब्रह्माणि वाघतः ॥

índrā́ yā́hi dhiyéṣitó víprajūtaḥ sutā́vataḥ | úpa bráhmāṇi vā́ghataḥ ||

હે ઇન્દ્ર, આવો—ધિયાથી પ્રેરિત, વિપ્રની પ્રેરણાથી ઉદ્દીપિત—સોમ દબાવનાર પાસે. વાઘતના બ્રહ્માણિ (મંત્રો) પાસે નજીક આવો, જેથી ઋતનું બળ અમામાં પ્રવેશે અને કાર્ય કરે.

इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
hither, towards (us)
:
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’)

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