Rig Veda 1.10.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.10
Rishi: Madhucchandā Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.1–1.11; Indra hymns of the opening decade).
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; standard for many Indra verses in early Maṇḍala 1).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आश्रुत्कर्ण श्रुधी हवं नू चिद्दधिष्व मे गिरः । इन्द्र स्तोममिमं मम कृष्वा युजश्चिदन्तरम् ॥
Transliteration
āśrútkārṇa śrudhī hávaṃ nū cíd dadhiṣva me gíraḥ | índra stómam imáṃ máma kṛṣvā yújaś cid ántaram ||
Translation
O Indra, you whose ear is quick to hear, listen to our call; even now receive and hold within you my inspired words. Make this my hymn a thing of intimate union—entering even into the inmost space of the yoked powers (of the being).
Word by Word
आश्रुत्कर्णO having attentive ears / O hearkening-eared
आश्रुत्कर्ण:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi epithet)
Rootआ-श्रुत् + कर्ण (श्रु धातु; कर्ण प्रातिपदिक)
श्रुधीhear! listen!
श्रुधी:
क्रिया (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
हवम्the call, invocation
हवम्:
कर्म (श्रुधी इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootहव (हू/ह्वे ‘to call, invoke’ → हव-)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
दधिष्वplace, set, bestow (upon me)
दधिष्व:
क्रिया (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (Vedic: दधि- as present stem)
मेto me
मे:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
गिरःsongs, words, hymns
गिरः:
कर्म (दधिष्व इत्यस्य; ‘my words’ as what is to be ‘placed/accepted’)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootइन्द्र
स्तोमम्praise, hymn
स्तोमम्:
कर्म (कृष्वा इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम
इमम्this
इमम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootइदम्
ममmy
मम:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
कृष्वाmake, fashion
कृष्वा:
क्रिया (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
युजःof the yoked one / of the companion (yoked horse/ally)
युजः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun/Adjective (from root yuj ‘yoke’; ‘yoked/companion’)
Rootयुज्
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
अन्तरम्nearer, more intimate; inner/closest
अन्तरम्:
कर्म-प्रत्यय (object complement: ‘make … (as) the nearest/inner’)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअन्तर
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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