Rig Veda 4.31.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 6
Sukta 4.31
Devata: Indra (with solar linkage)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सं यत्त इन्द्र मन्यवः सं चक्राणि दधन्विरे । अध त्वे अध सूर्ये ॥
Transliteration
sáṃ yát ta indra manyávaḥ sáṃ cakrā́ṇi dadhanviré | ádha tvé ádha sū́rye ||
Translation
When your forces of fervour, O Indra, gather together and set their workings in motion, then it is in you—and then in the Sun—that the decisive turning is established.
Word by Word
सम्together, wholly
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/निपात)
यत्that, which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्यवःwraths, impetuous forces (of anger)
मन्यवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/निपात)
चक्राणिwheels; (fig.) rolling powers/implements
चक्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
दधन्विरेthey have set in motion / have driven
दधन्विरे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधन्व्/धनु (धातु; RV-विधा: धन्व् ‘to set in motion/drive/impel’)
अधthen, thereafter
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
त्वेin you
त्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधthen
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
सूर्येin the Sun; in the solar (realm)
सूर्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
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