Rig Veda 3.43.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 43, Mantra 6
Sukta 3.43
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Indra (with focus on his haris/steeds as carriers of power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ त्वा बृहन्तो हरयो युजाना अर्वागिन्द्र सधमादो वहन्तु । प्र ये द्विता दिव ऋञ्जन्त्याताः सुसम्मृष्टासो वृषभस्य मूराः ॥
Transliteration
ā tvā bṛhánto hárayo yujānā́ arvā́g indra sadhamā́do vahantu | prá ye dvitā́ díva ṛ́ñjanty ātā́ḥ súsammṛṣṭāso vṛṣabhásya mūrā́ḥ ||
Translation
強き黄褐の駿馬らよ、轡を結ばれ、ここへとインドラを運べ——祭式の共なる歓喜のために。天より駆り出され、二重の道を走り出る彼ら——牡牛の力のよく整えられたものども——われらの供犠の場へ、彼を内へと導き入れよ。
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (tvad)
बृहन्तःgreat, lofty
बृहन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (adj. from √बृंह्/√बृह् ‘to grow, be great’)
हरयःthe tawny (horses)
हरयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि-
युजानाःyoking / having yoked (themselves)
युजानाः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√युज् (yuj) + शानच् (middle participle)
अर्वाक्towards here, hitherward
अर्वाक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअर्वाक् (indecl. directional)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र-
सधमादःcompanions at the common feast / fellow-banqueters
सधमादः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसधमाद-
वहन्तुlet them carry/bring
वहन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (vah)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga/avyaya)
येwho, which
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
द्विताin two ways / doubly
द्विता:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्विता (indecl.)
दिवःfrom heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्-/द्यौ-
ऋञ्जन्तिthey set in motion / they drive on
ऋञ्जन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ऋञ्ज् (ṛñj) ‘to make straight/arrange; set in motion’
आताःhaving come, arrived
आताः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√या (yā) with preverb आ-; past passive participle ‘ātta/āta’ in Vedic sense ‘come/arrived’
सुसम्मृष्टासःwell-cleansed, well-polished
सुसम्मृष्टासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसु- + सम् + √मृज् (mṛj) + क्त (ppp) → सम्मृष्ट-
वृषभस्यof the bull (i.e., of the strong one)
वृषभस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ-
मूराःteams/hosts (attendants)
मूराः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमूर- (Vedic noun)
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