Rig Veda 2.43.3: Mandala 2, Sukta 43, Mantra 3

Sukta 2.43

Rishi: Gṛtsamada

Devata: Śakuni/Śakunta

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify by syllable count in critical text)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आवदँस्त्वं शकुने भद्रमा वद तूष्णीमासीनः सुमतिं चिकिद्धि नः । यदुत्पतन्वदसि कर्करिर्यथा बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥

Transliteration

ā́vadaṃs tvaṃ śakune bhadrám ā́ vada tū́ṣṇīm āsī́naḥ sumatíṃ cikiddhi naḥ | yád utpátan vádasi karkarír yáthā bṛhád vadema vidáthe suvī́rāḥ ||

Translation

Speaking, O bird, speak to us the good; even seated in silence, awaken in us the right understanding. When, springing up, you utter like the karkarī, may we speak the Vast in the assembly and become filled with heroic powers.

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Word by Word

• आवदन्: they spoke / they uttered
• आवदन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदति) + आ-

• त्वम्: thou / you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• शकुने: O bird (omen-bird)
• शकुने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि-

• भद्रम्: auspicious (word/thing)
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भद्र-

• आ: hither; forth (intensifier with √वद्)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (particle/preverb)

• वद: speak!
• वद: (injunction to) Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदति)

• तूष्णीम्: silently
• तूष्णीम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूष्णीम्

• आसीनः: sitting
• आसीनः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √आस् (आस्ते) → आसीन- (PPP/participle)

• सुमतिम्: good thought; good counsel
• सुमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + मति-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चिकिद्धि: perceive! understand!
• चिकिद्धि: (injunction to) Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिद्/√चित् (Vedic: ‘to notice, perceive, understand’)

• नः: for us; of us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma (of वदसि)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• उत्पतन्: flying up; taking flight
• उत्पतन्: Kartā (of वदसि)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √पत् (पतति) + उद्- → utpat-; present participle

• वदसि: you speak
• वदसि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदति)

• कर्करिः: (a bird called) karkari
• कर्करिः: Kartā (of implied ‘speaks’) / upamāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्करि-

• यथा: as; like
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• बृहत्: greatly; a great (utterance)
• बृहत्: Karma/viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially/qualifying speech)
• Root: बृहत्-

• वदेम: may we speak
• वदेम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदति)

• विदथे: in the assembly; at the rite/ceremony
• विदथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदथ-

• सुवीराः: having good heroes; rich in brave sons/men
• सुवीराः: Kartā (of वदेम)
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: सु- + वीर-