Rig Veda 4.32.9: Mandala 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 9
Sukta 4.32
Rishi: Gotama lineage explicitly named
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि त्वा गोतमा गिरानूषत प्र दावने । इन्द्र वाजाय घृष्वये ॥
Transliteration
abhí tvā gotamā́ girā́ anū́ṣata prá dā́vane | índra vājā́ya ghṛ́ṣvaye ||
Translation
Gotam rishi ne apne gaano se tumhe pukara hai, Indra. Woh kehte hain ki tum denewale ho. Tum taakat aur chamak dono dete ho.
Word by Word
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa (directional/relational) / Upasarga to verb
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou (acc.)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
गोतमाःthe Gotamas (Gautama seers)
गोतमाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper) / collective subject
Rootगोतम (ऋषिनाम, प्रातिपदिक)
गिरःhymns, praises
गिरः:
Kartā (with verb ‘praise’) / or Karma as ‘praises’ offered
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्री., ‘स्तुति/वाक्’)
अनूषतpraised, have praised
अनूषत:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootनूष्/नुष् (स्तुतौ) — Vedic verb ‘to praise’
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
Upasarga to verbal idea (with दावने/‘giving’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दावनेfor giving, for bestowal
दावने:
Sampradāna / Prayojana (purpose)
TypeVerbal noun (infinitival dative) / Kṛdanta
Rootदा (दाने) → दावन (कृदन्त/नामधातु-भाव) ‘giving’
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम)
वाजायfor the prize, for strength
वाजाय:
Sampradāna / Prayojana (for the prize/strength)
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (पुं., ‘प्राइज/बल/अन्न’)
घृष्वयेO blazing/ardent one
घृष्वये:
Sambodhana (epithet of Indra)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootघृष्वि/घृष्वय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘उग्र/तेजस्विन्/प्रदीप्त’)
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