Rig Veda 4.32.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 1

Sukta 4.32

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely for RV 4.32; verse fits 11-syllable cadence)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ तू न इन्द्र वृत्रहन्नस्माकमर्धमा गहि । महान्महीभिरूतिभिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.32.1

Transliteration

ā́ tū́ na indra vṛtrahan asmā́kam ardhám ā́ gahi | mahā́n mahī́bhir ūtíbhiḥ ||

Translation

Come then to us, O Indra the slayer of the Coverer; come to our portion and share; great, with thy mighty succours enter and uphold.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards (as a preverb: ‘come hither’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• तु: indeed; now; but (emphatic particle)
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (निपात) / tu (particle)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक) / asmad (pronoun stem)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / indra

• वृत्रहन्: O Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रहन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन्) / vṛtrahan (Vṛtra-slayer)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक) / asmad

• अर्धम्: side; part; share
• अर्धम्: कर्म (goal/object of motion: ‘to our side/part’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) / ardha

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• गहि: come!
• गहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति) / gam

• महान्: great
• महान्: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) / mahat

• महीभिः: with great (powers/might); with greatness
• महीभिः: करण (means/attendant circumstance)
• Type: Noun (abstract/instrumental plural)
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) / mahī

• ऊतिभिः: with helps; with succours; with protections
• ऊतिभिः: करण (means: ‘with aids/helpings’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक) / ūti