Rig Veda 5.33.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 33, Mantra 3
Sukta 5.33
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न ते त इन्द्राभ्यस्मदृष्वायुक्तासो अब्रह्मता यदसन् । तिष्ठा रथमधि तं वज्रहस्ता रश्मिं देव यमसे स्वश्वः ॥
Transliteration
ná te ta indrā́bhy asmá dṛṣvā́yuktāso abrahmatā́ yád ásan | tíṣṭhā rátham ádhi táṃ vajrahastā́ rāśmíṃ deva yamase sváśvaḥ ||
Translation
インドラよ、あの御し難い衝動は、われらから出たのではない――それらがブラフマン（brahman、形づくる聖なる言葉）を欠いていた時には。金剛を執る者よ、汝の戦車に立て。神よ、良き馬を持つ者よ、手綱を取り、諸力を正しき運行へと統べよ。
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तेto/for you; of you
ते:
Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (contextual)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
त॑those (they)
त॑:
Kartā (of ‘असन्’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र
अभ्य१॒॑स्मदृ॒ष्वायु॑क्तासःthose yoked/attached toward us with lofty (impulse/strength)
अभ्य१॒॑स्मदृ॒ष्वायु॑क्तासः:
Kartā (of ‘असन्’)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootअभि + अस्मद् + ऋष्व + युज् (युज्→युक्त)
अब्र॒ह्मता॒with non-prayer / without sacred formulation
अब्र॒ह्मता॒:
Karaṇa (manner/means)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootअ- + ब्रह्मन् + -ता
यत्when/that
यत्:
—
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
असन्they were
असन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
तिष्ठा॒stand; take your stand
तिष्ठा॒:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
अधिupon
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
तम्that (one)
तम्:
Karma (with अधि: ‘upon that’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
वज्रहस्ताO thunderbolt-handed one
वज्रहस्ता:
—
TypeNoun (bahuvrīhi epithet)
Rootवज्र + हस्त
रश्मिम्rein; ray/cord
रश्मिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि
देवO god
देव:
—
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
यमसे॒you hold/guide; you rein in
यमसे॒:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयम्
स्वश्वःhaving good horses
स्वश्वः:
Kartā (appositional epithet of Indra)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + अश्व
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