Rig Veda 3.32.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 32, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.32

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for RV 3.32)

Devata: Indra (with Maruts/Rudras as accompanying powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गवाशिरं मन्थिनमिन्द्र शुक्रं पिबा सोमं ररिमा ते मदाय । ब्रह्मकृता मारुतेना गणेन सजोषा रुद्रैस्तृपदा वृषस्व ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.32.2

Transliteration

gavā́śiraṃ manthínam indra śukráṃ pibā́ sómaṃ rarimā́ te mádāya | brahmakṛ́tā mārútena gaṇéna sajóṣā rudráis tṛ́padā vṛṣasva ||

Translation

Drink, O Indra, the bright Soma mixed with the head of the cow, churned for you for ecstasy. Prepared by the force of the Word, with the Marut host—together with the Rudras—be satisfied and grow in your rapturous power.

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• गवाशिरम्: the ‘cow-headed’ (pressing-stone/implement)
• गवाशिरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: गवाशिर (प्रातिपदिक; गो-शीर्षन् ‘cow’s head/with cow’s head’)

• मन्थिनम्: the churning/pressing (implement), the stirrer
• मन्थिनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक; मन्थ् ‘to churn/stir’)

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

• शुक्रम्: bright, pure
• शुक्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिब: drink!
• पिब: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ररिमा: I have given / I bestow
• ररिमा: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ररी (धातु; ‘to give, bestow’—Vedic) अथवा √दा-अर्थक दानधातु-प्रयोगः

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मदाय: for exhilaration
• मदाय: प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘intoxication/rapture’)

• ब्रह्मकृता: by (that which is) fashioned by sacred speech
• ब्रह्मकृता: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मकृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + √कृ ‘made by prayer/sacred formulation’)

• मारुतेन: with the Marut-host’s (Marutian)
• मारुतेन: करण
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)

• गणेन: troop, company
• गणेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सजोषाः: together, in fellowship
• सजोषाः: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective/Indeclinable-like
• Root: सजोषस् (अव्ययीभाव/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; सह + जोष ‘in companionship/with one accord’)

• रुद्रैः: with the Rudras
• रुद्रैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तृपदाः: O three-stepping/three-footed one
• तृपदाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृपद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘three-footed/three-step’)

• वृषस्व: grow strong / pour forth (become vigorous)
• वृषस्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष् (धातु; ‘to be strong, to rain/stream, to become vigorous’)