Rig Veda 3.42.9: Mandala 3, Sukta 42, Mantra 9
Sukta 3.42
Rishi: Kuśikas / Viśvāmitra lineage (explicit self-identification in verse)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirmable metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वां सुतस्य पीतये प्रत्नमिन्द्र हवामहे । कुशिकासो अवस्यवः ॥
Transliteration
tvā́ṁ sुतásya pītáye prátनाम indra havāmahe | कुśikā́so avasyávaḥ ||
Translation
Thee, O ancient Indra, we invoke for the drinking of the pressed Soma—we, the Kuśikas, seekers of thy help and protection, aspiring to thy sustaining presence.
Word by Word
त्वाम्you (as the object)
त्वाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुतस्यof the pressed (Soma)
सुतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (√सु ‘to press/extract’ से निष्पन्न, सोम-विशेष)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/for)
TypeNoun
Rootपीति (√पा ‘to drink’ से भाव-नाम)
प्रत्नम्the ancient/primeval one
प्रत्नम्:
कर्म (apposition to त्वाम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke/call
हवामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/ह्वयते) ‘to call, invoke’
कुशिकासःthe Kuśikas (a clan/lineage)
कुशिकासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकुशिक (वंश/गोत्र-नाम; कुशिक-प्रातिपदिक)
अवस्यवःseeking aid/favor
अवस्यवः:
कर्तृ (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवस्यु (अवस् ‘help/favor’ + यु-प्रत्यय; ‘desirous of help’)
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