Rig Veda 5.35.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 35, Mantra 3
Sukta 5.35
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (attribution for RV 5.35 commonly placed in the Atri corpus; verify against specific Anukramaṇī for exact rishi)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; verify per pada-count and Anukramaṇī)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ तेऽवो वरेण्यं वृषन्तमस्य हूमहे । वृषजूतिर्हि जज्ञिष आभूभिरिन्द्र तुर्वणिः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ te ’vo varéṇyaṁ vṛ́ṣantam asya hūmahe | vṛ́ṣajūtir hí jajñiṣá ābhū́bhir indra turváṇiḥ ||
Translation
हम तेरी मदद माँगते हैं, इन्द्र। वो मदद जो सबसे बेहतर हो, जो सबसे ज़्यादा ताकतवर हो। तू ही तो वो है जो एनर्जी बहा देता है। तेरी बड़ी-बड़ी ताकतों के साथ, इन्द्र, तू जल्दी से सब कुछ पार कर देता है।
Word by Word
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) अथवा अव्यय
तेto/for you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
अवःhelp, aid
अवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (नपुंसक/पुं. प्रातिपदिक) अवस् ‘help, aid’
वरेण्यम्choice-worthy, excellent
वरेण्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवरेण्य (√वृ ‘to choose’ → ‘worthy to be chosen’)
वृषन्तम्the mighty/bull-like (one)
वृषन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bull-like, mighty’
अस्यof this (one), of him
अस्य:
Adhikaraṇa (genitival relation) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हूमहेwe invoke/call
हूमहे:
Kartā (we) + main predicate
TypeVerb
Root√हू (जुहोत्यादि) ‘to call, invoke’
वृषजूतिḥthe one of mighty impulse/succour
वृषजूतिḥ:
Kartā (of following verb ‘जज्ञिष’)
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootवृष-जूति (समास: वृष ‘mighty’ + जूति ‘impulse/speed/aid’)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
जज्ञिषेyou have been born/come forth
जज्ञिषे:
Predicate (addressed to Indra) / Kartā implicit ‘त्वम्’
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जज्ञे-type perfect) ‘to be born, arise’
आभूभिःwith (your) aids/powers
आभूभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआभू (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic instr. pl. of a stem meaning ‘helps/powers/means’; often taken as ‘with aids/with powers’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तुर्वणिःthe overpowering/impetuous one
तुर्वणिः:
Kartā (appositional subject) / Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootतुर्वणि (प्रातिपदिक; epithet: ‘overpowering, rushing, victorious’)
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