Rig Veda 10.44.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 44, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.44
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुष्ठामा रथः सुयमा हरी ते मिम्यक्ष वज्रो नृपते गभस्तौ । शीभं राजन्त्सुपथा याह्यर्वाङ्वर्धाम ते पपुषो वृष्ण्यानि ॥
Transliteration
suṣṭhāmā́ ráthaḥ su-yámā hárī te mimyákṣa vájro nṛpate gábhastau | śībháṃ rājann su-páthā yāhy arvā́ṅ vardhā́ma te papúṣo vṛ́ṣṇyāni ||
Translation
汝の車は堅く据えられ、汝の二頭の駿馬はよく御される。汝の金剛（vajra）はその掌中に堅く定まりぬ、人の主よ。王よ、善き道をもって速やかにわれらのもとへ来たりたまえ。汝が飲みたもうとき、われらは汝の英雄の力を増し奉る。
Word by Word
सु॒ष्ठामा॒well-standing, firmly set
सु॒ष्ठामा॒:
Kartā (रथः-सम्बद्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + स्थामन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्था
रथःthe chariot
रथः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
सु॒यमा॒well-reined, well-controlled
सु॒यमा॒:
Kartā (हरी-सम्बद्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + यम (प्रातिपदिक) < √यम्
हरीthe two bay steeds
हरी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मिम्यक्षhas become ready/has been set (in place)
मिम्यक्ष:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√म्यक्स्/म्यच् (वेदिक; ‘to be fixed/firm, to be set in motion/ready’)
वज्रःthe thunderbolt
वज्रः:
Kartā (मिम्यक्ष इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नृपतेO lord of men
नृपते:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootनृपति (प्रातिपदिक)
गभस्तौin the hand/grasp
गभस्तौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगभस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
शीभम्swiftly
शीभम्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdverb (indeclinable use of neut. acc.)
Rootशीभ (प्रातिपदिक)
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुपथाby a good path
सुपथा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdverbial (instr.)
Rootसु- + पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
याहिgo
याहि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√या
अर्वाङ्hither, toward us
अर्वाङ्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable/Adverb
Rootअर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्धामmay I increase / strengthen
वर्धाम:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√वृध्
तेfor you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
पपुषःof you who have drunk (Soma)
पपुषः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeParticiple (perfect) used adjectivally
Root√पा (पिबति) → पपुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्ण्यानिmanly powers, heroic strengths
वृष्ण्यानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक) < वृषन्
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