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Rig Veda 4.49.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 49, Mantra 4

Sukta 4.49

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Indra-Bṛhaspati (dual)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; confirmable from full hymn prosody)

अस्मे इन्द्राबृहस्पती रयिं धत्तं शतग्विनम् । अश्वावन्तं सहस्रिणम् ॥

a॒smé indrābṛhaspatī rayíṁ dhattaṁ śatagvínam | áśvāvantaṁ sahasríṇam ||

Di dalam kami, wahai Indra dan Bṛhaspati, tempatkanlah rayi (kelimpahan)—yang berlimpah seratus kali, kaya akan kuda-kuda (aśva) tenaga dinamis, seribu kali lipat dalam keluasan.

अस्मेfor us / among us
अस्मे:
अधिकारण (स्थान/संबन्ध-आधारः; ‘हमारे लिए/हमारे बीच’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्राO Indra
इन्द्रा:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहस्पतीO Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पती:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootबृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
रयिम्wealth, riches
रयिम्:
कर्म (that which is to be placed/granted)
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
धत्तम्bestow (you two), place
धत्तम्:
क्रिया (आज्ञार्थक क्रिया: ‘bestow/put’)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) ‘to place, bestow’
शतग्विनम्rich in hundreds (of cattle), hundred-fold
शतग्विनम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण कर्मणि)
TypeAdjective
Rootशतग्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a hundred cows/possessing hundreds’)
अश्वावन्तम्having horses
अश्वावन्तम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण कर्मणि)
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्वावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing horses’)
सहस्रिणम्thousand-fold / possessing a thousand
सहस्रिणम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण कर्मणि)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a thousand’)

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