Rig Veda 1.55.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 55, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.55
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स इद्वने नमस्युभिर्वचस्यते चारु जनेषु प्रब्रुवाण इन्द्रियम् । वृषा छन्दुर्भवति हर्यतो वृषा क्षेमेण धेनां मघवा यदिन्वति ॥
Transliteration
sa íd váne namasyúbhir vacasyate cā́ru jáneṣu prabruvāṇá indríyam | vṛ́ṣā chándur bhavati haryató vṛ́ṣā kṣémēṇa dhénāṃ maghávā yád invati ||
Translation
彼は林の住処において、礼拝する者らによって歌われる。人々の中で、愛でたきものとしてインドラの力（インドリヤ）を宣べ告げる。雄牛として、志す者の歓喜の悦びとなり、また雄牛として、寛大なる者は安らぎによって豊穣の乳牛を駆り立て――養いの流れを搾り出す。
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स-आदेशः)
इत्indeed / just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
वनेin the wood / in the forest
वने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवन
नमस्युभिःby worshippers / with reverent men
नमस्युभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्यु (नमस् + यु; ‘one who reveres’)
वचस्यतेis praised / is addressed with hymns
वचस्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवचस्य (नामधातु; from वचस्)
चारुbeautifully / fair
चारु:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootचारु
जनेषुamong the peoples
जनेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजन
प्रब्रुवाणःproclaiming / speaking forth
प्रब्रुवाणः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootप्र + ब्रू
इन्द्रियम्Indra’s power / might
इन्द्रियम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
वृषाthe Bull (the strong one)
वृषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन्
छन्दुः(his) chant / hymn / metrical song
छन्दुः:
Kartā/Predicative
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दस्
भवतिbecomes / is
भवति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू
हर्यतःof the bay-horsed one (Indra)
हर्यतः:
—
TypeAdjective (genitive)
Rootहर्यत् (हरि-सम्बद्धः; ‘bay-horsed/desired’)
वृषाthe Bull / the strong one
वृषा:
Kartā/Predicative
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन्
क्षेमेणwith welfare / safely
क्षेमेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेम
धेनाम्the milch-cow
धेनाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु
मघवाthe bountiful one (Indra)
मघवा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन्
यत्when / that which
यत्:
Karma/Adverbial
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्
इन्वतिdrives / impels / sets in motion
इन्वति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइन्/इन्व् (वैदिक; ‘to set in motion, drive, impel’)
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