Rig Veda 3.46.3 — Mandala 3, Sukta 46, Mantra 3
Sukta 3.46
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional, Mandala 3)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र मात्राभी रिरिचे रोचमानः प्र देवेभिर्विश्वतो अप्रतीतः । प्र मज्मना दिव इन्द्रः पृथिव्याः प्रोरोर्महो अन्तरिक्षादृजीषी ॥
Transliteration
prá mā́trābhir ririce rۆcamānáḥ | prá devébhiḥ viśvátó apráti-itaḥ | prá majmánā divá índraḥ pṛthivyā́ḥ prórór mahó antárikṣād ṛjīṣī́ ||
Translation
He overflows in his measures, shining; he advances beyond the gods from every side, irresistible. Indra, the straight-striving, grows by vastness beyond heaven and earth, beyond the wide greatness of the mid-world.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
मात्राभिःwith measures / by measures
मात्राभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमात्रा (प्रा. √मा ‘measure’)
रिरिचेhas emptied/has poured out
रिरिचे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रिच् (रिणक्ति/रिणेक्ति) ‘empty, leave, pour out’
रोचमानःshining, radiant
रोचमानः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Root√रुच् ‘shine’ (रोचमान-)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
देवेभिःwith the gods
देवेभिः:
करण/सह
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
विश्वतःfrom all sides
विश्वतः:
अधिकारण (दिशा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्व (→ विश्वतः)
अप्रतीतःunopposed, not resisted
अप्रतीतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतीत (ppp of √इ ‘go/approach’ with प्रति) + अ-
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
मज्मनाby greatness, by might
मज्मना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमज्मन्
दिवःfrom heaven
दिवः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (दिव् as noun ‘sky, heaven’)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
पृथिव्याःfrom the earth
पृथिव्याः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
उरोःfrom the wide expanse
उरोः:
अपादान
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootउरु
महोfrom the great (vastness)
महो:
अपादान
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमहत्
अन्तरिक्षात्from the midspace/atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष
ऋजीषीthe Ṛjīṣin (Indra), tawny-horsed/possessing r̥jīṣa
ऋजीषी:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootऋजीषिन् (epithet of Indra; ‘with the r̥jīṣa/with tawny horses’)
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