Rig Veda 3.41.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 41, Mantra 2
Sukta 3.41
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Indra (contextual), with ritual apparatus foregrounded
Chandas: Gayatri (probable; verify per critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सत्तो होता न ऋत्वियस्तिस्तिरे बर्हिरानुषक् । अयुज्रन्प्रातरद्रयः ॥
Transliteration
sattó hótā na ṛtvíyas tistiré bárhir ānuṣák | áyujran prā́tar ádrayaḥ ||
Translation
Humara pandit baith gaya hai, waqt ke hisaab se puja karne ke liye. Puja ke liye ghaas bichha di. Subah subah pathar taiyaar ho gaye. Sab kuch sahi lag gaya hai.
Word by Word
सत्तःseated, duly stationed
सत्तः:
Kartā (होता-सम्बन्धी विशेषण)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसद् (धातु) → सत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहु (धातु) → होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
ऋत्वियःthe officiating priest (ṛtvij)
ऋत्वियः:
Kartā (उपमान-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत्विय (प्रातिपदिक) < ऋतु
तिस्तिरेhas spread, has strewn
तिस्तिरे:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तॄ (धातु) ‘to spread/strew’
बर्हिःthe sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुषक्in due order; successively/along
अनुषक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनुषक्
अयुज्रन्they yoked; they harnessed
अयुज्रन्:
Kriyā (द्वितीय क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु) ‘to yoke/join’
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर्
अद्रयःthe pressing-stones (for Soma)
अद्रयः:
Kartā (अयुज्रन् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
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