Rig Veda 3.32.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 32, Mantra 4
Sukta 3.32
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for RV 3.32)
Devata: Indra (with Maruts as his host)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त इन्न्वस्य मधुमद्विविप्र इन्द्रस्य शर्धो मरुतो य आसन् । येभिर्वृत्रस्येषितो विवेदामर्मणो मन्यमानस्य मर्म ॥
Transliteration
tá ín nv asya mádhumad vivipra índrasya śárdho marúto yá āsan | yébhir vṛtrásyeṣitó vivédā́marmáṇo mányamānasya márma ||
Translation
まことに、蜜のごとき霊感を授ける者たるマルトたちは、インドラの軍勢であった。彼らとともに、駆り立てられつつも自らを貫かれぬと思いなすヴリトラの、傷つきうる一点――生命の秘所――を彼は見出した。
Word by Word
तेthey (those)
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
नुnow, then
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
अस्यof him/this (one)
अस्य:
— (सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / एतद्-प्रकार
मधुमत्sweet, honeyed (speech/utterance)
मधुमत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमधु + मतुप् (प्रातिपदिक)
विविप्रेthe inspired seers (poets)
विविप्रे:
Kartā
TypeNoun (collective/epithet)
Rootवि-√विप्र (विप्र ‘कवि/ऋषि’ से; द्विरुक्त/तीव्रार्थक रूप)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
— (सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शर्धःthe troop, host
शर्धः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशर्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आसन्were
आसन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)
येभिःwith whom, by whom
येभिः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रस्यof Vṛtra
वृत्रस्य:
— (सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ईषितःimpelled, urged on
ईषितः:
—
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootईषित (कृदन्त; √ईष्/√ईश् ‘प्रेरणे/आज्ञायाम्’ + क्त)
विवेदhe found out, discovered
विवेद:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√विद् (ज्ञाने)
मर्मणःof/from the vital spot
मर्मणः:
Apādāna/सम्बन्धः
TypeNoun
Rootमर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्यमानस्यof the one thinking/imagining (himself)
मन्यमानस्य:
— (सम्बन्धः)
TypeParticiple (present middle)
Root√मन् (मन्यते—अभिमाने/चिन्तायाम्) + शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
मर्मthe vital spot, vulnerable point
मर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
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