Rig Veda 1.173.13: Mandala 1, Sukta 173, Mantra 13

Sukta 1.173

Rishi: Agastya Maitrāvaruṇi (traditional attribution)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष स्तोम इन्द्र तुभ्यमस्मे एतेन गातुं हरिवो विदो नः । आ नो ववृत्याः सुविताय देव विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.173.13

Transliteration

eṣá stóma indra túbhyam asmé eténa gātúṃ harivo vido naḥ | ā́ no vavṛtyāḥ suvitā́ya deva vidyā́meṣáṃ vṛjánaṃ jīrádānum ||

Translation

ഹേ ഇന്ദ്രാ, ഈ സ്തോത്രം ഞങ്ങളിടയിൽ നിനക്കായിരിക്കുന്നു; ഹേ ഹരിവഃ, ഇതിലൂടെ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് വഴിയെ അറിയുക. ഹേ ദേവാ, സുഗതിക്കായി ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു തിരിയുക; ഞങ്ങൾ ഈ സജീവമായ രംഗവും വേഗം ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന സമൃദ്ധിയും കണ്ടെത്തുവാൻ.

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Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Kartā (of implied ‘is/stands’)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-

• स्तोमः: hymn of praise
• स्तोमः: Kartā (with एषः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (Addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुभ्यम्: for you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मे: among us / in us
• अस्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एतेन: by this (with this)
• एतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गातुम्: a path / passage
• गातुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गातु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘path, going’)

• हरिवः: O bay-horsed one
• हरिवः: (Addressed epithet of Indra)
• Type: Adjective used as epithet (vocative)
• Root: हरिवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having bay horses’)

• विदः: know / find
• विदः: (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ ‘to know, find’)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary; ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither / towards
• आ: (Preverb to ववृत्याः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ववृत्याः: turn/come (towards)
• ववृत्याः: (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वृतँ ‘to turn, choose, come/roll’)

• सुविताय: for welfare / good fortune
• सुविताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good course, welfare, success’)

• देव: O god
• देव: (Addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• विद्याम: may we know / may we find
• विद्याम: (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ ‘to know’)

• एषम्: this / swift
• एषम्: Karma (qualifying वृजनम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘impetuous/quick’; also ‘this’ as adj.)

• वृजनम्: obstacle / hostile enclosure
• वृजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृजन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘enclosure, stronghold; difficulty/hostile band’)

• जीरदानुम्: with swift-flowing (stream/force)
• जीरदानुम्: Karma (qualifying वृजनम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीरदानु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय: ‘having/with swift-flowing stream/impulse’; दानु ‘stream, fluid’)