Rig Veda 1.52.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 52, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.52
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ यं पृणन्ति दिवि सद्मबर्हिषः समुद्रं न सुभ्वः स्वा अभिष्टयः । तं वृत्रहत्ये अनु तस्थुरूतयः शुष्मा इन्द्रमवाता अह्रुतप्सवः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ yáṃ pṛṇánti diví sadmábarhiṣaḥ samudráṃ ná subhvàḥ svā́ abhíṣṭayaḥ | táṃ vṛtrahátye ánu tasthur ūtáyaḥ śúṣmā índram avā́tā ahrútapsavaḥ ||
Translation
天の座に住まう者たちは、天上において彼を満たす——海のごとく——彼ら自身の、速く輝く成就と願い（abhiṣṭi）によって。ヴリトラ討滅の業において、助け（ūtí）は後に従い立った——インドラを取り巻く諸々の力（śuṣmá）、熱に疲れず、燃え尽きぬ。
Word by Word
आtowards; forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma)
पृणन्तिthey fill; they satisfy
पृणन्ति:
(kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootपृ (पृणाति) / √pṝ, ‘to fill, satisfy’
दिविin heaven; in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ / दिव् (prātipadika: दिव्-)
सद्मबर्हिषःthose whose seat is the sacred grass; having a seat of barhis
सद्मबर्हिषः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootसद्मन् + बर्हिस् (tatpuruṣa compound)
समुद्रम्the ocean
समुद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (prātipadika)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (particle)
सुभ्वःthe well-speeding ones
सुभ्वः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootसुभ्व (prātipadika; ‘well-going/beautifully moving’, Vedic)
स्वाःtheir own
स्वाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (prātipadika)
अभिष्टयःhelps; succours
अभिष्टयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअभिष्टि (prātipadika; ‘help, aid, protection’)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma)
वृत्रहत्येin the Vṛtra-slaying
वृत्रहत्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्रहत्य (prātipadika; ‘slaying of Vṛtra’)
अनुafter; along
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (upasarga/avyaya)
तस्थुःthey stood; they took their stand
तस्थुः:
(kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (√sthā)
ऊतयःhelps; aids
ऊतयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (prātipadika; ‘help, aid’)
शुष्माःmights; powers
शुष्माः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशुष्म (prātipadika; ‘might, vigor’)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
अवाताःwindless; without wind
अवाताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअवात (prātipadika; ‘windless, without wind’, Vedic)
अह्रुतप्सवःwith un-diminished heat/ardor; of unabated glow
अह्रुतप्सवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (compound epithet)
Rootअ-ह्रुत + तप्सु (bahuvrīhi compound; Vedic)
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