Rig Veda 1.175.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 175, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.175

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify per anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नस्ते गन्तु मत्सरो वृषा मदो वरेण्यः । सहावाँ इन्द्र सानसिः पृतनाषाळमर्त्यः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ nas te gantu matsaró vṛ́ṣā mádo váreṇyaḥ | sahávāṃ indra sānásīḥ pṛtanāṣā́ḷ amártyaḥ ||

Translation

汝の恍惚、牡牛のごとき神聖なる酔いが、選び取るにふさわしく、われらに来たれ。インドラよ、労苦に強く、利得の勝者、敵対の戦いを打ち砕く者、不死の力よ――われらの場に入り、魂の勝利を確かなものとせよ。

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ते: thy, your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• गन्तु: let (them) come
• गन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• मत्सरः: exhilaration / intoxication
• मत्सरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर

• वृषा: the bull (strong one)
• वृषा: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृषन्

• मदः: rapture, exhilaration
• मदः: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद

• वरेण्यः: most choice, excellent
• वरेण्यः: Kartā (qualifier/apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य

• सहावान्: mighty, powerful
• सहावान्: Kartā (vocative-sense epithet) / qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहावन्

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: —
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र

• सानसिः: winner, bestower of gain
• सानसिः: Kartā (apposition to Indra)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सानसि

• पृतनाषाळ्: battle-overpowerer, conqueror of hosts
• पृतनाषाळ्: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: पृतना-षाह् (√षह्)

• अमर्त्यः: immortal
• अमर्त्यः: Kartā (apposition/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्त्य