Rig Veda 4.32.22: Mandala 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 22

Sukta 4.32

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Indra (with focus on his steeds/harīs, here babhrū)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते बभ्रू विचक्षण शंसामि गोषणो नपात् । माभ्यां गा अनु शिश्रथः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.32.22

Transliteration

prá te babhrū́ vicakṣaṇa śáṃsāmi goṣaṇo napāt | mā́bhyāṃ gā́ ánu śiśrathaḥ ||

Translation

Main tumhare do babhru ghode ki baat kar raha hoon, jo itne saaf nazar se dekhte hain. Yeh tumhare pashuon ke khush hone ka phal hain. Inki kirnein kahin mat jaane do, yahin rukne do hamare liye.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (pronoun)

• बभ्रू: O Babhru (the tawny one; epithet/name)
• बभ्रू: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative, proper/epithet)
• Root: बभ्रु (prātipadika)

• विचक्षण: O clear-sighted, discerning one
• विचक्षण: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: वि-चक्षण (prātipadika < √चक्ष्/√चक्ष् ‘to see, perceive’)

• शंसामि: I praise, I proclaim
• शंसामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस्

• गोषणो: O winner of cows (wealth)
• गोषणो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: गो-षणि/गो-षण (prātipadika; ‘winning cows/wealth’)

• नपात्: O offspring/descendant (Napat)
• नपात्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: नपात् (prātipadika)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (particle)

• अभ्याम्: towards, against
• अभ्याम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga)

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (prātipadika)

• अनु: along, after
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (upasarga/avyaya)

• शिश्रथः: (you) should not loosen/let loose
• शिश्रथः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रथ् (to loosen, untie) with reduplication (intensive/perfect-like stem śi-śrath-)