Rig Veda 10.153.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 153, Mantra 1

Sukta 10.153

Rishi: Traditionally a late Vedic seer (RV 10.153 Indra hymn; exact attribution varies—external confirmation required)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (verse is short; exact meter requires pada count verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ईङ्खयन्तीरपस्युव इन्द्रं जातमुपासते । भेजानासः सुवीर्यम् ॥

Transliteration

īṅkháyantīr apasyúvá índraṃ jātám upā́sate | bhejānā́saḥ su-vī́ryam ||

Translation

മുന്നോട്ടു പ്രേരിപ്പിച്ച്, പ്രവർത്തകർ (അപസ്യു) തങ്ങളിലേ പുതുതായി ജനിച്ച ഇന്ദ്രനോടു ഉപാസനയിൽ സമീപിക്കുന്നു; അവർ അവന്റെ സുവീര്യ—ഉന്നത വീരശക്തി—യിൽ പങ്കുചേരുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• ईङ्खयन्तीः: moving, stirring (f.)
• ईङ्खयन्तीः: Kartā (उपासते इत्यस्य कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: ईङ्खय (धातु: ईङ्ख्/ईङ्खय् ‘चलने, कम्पने’)

• अपस्यवः: the active/industrious ones; workers (devotees)
• अपस्यवः: Kartā (उपासते इत्यस्य कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (agentive)
• Root: अपस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘कर्म/कार्य’) + यु (प्रत्यय ‘युक्त/शील’)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma (उपासते—उपासनायाः विषयः)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातम्: born; arisen
• जातम्: Karma (इन्द्रम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb (past participle)
• Root: जन् (धातु ‘जन्मनि’) → जात (क्त)

• उप: near; towards (as preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• आसते: they worship/attend upon
• आसते: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु ‘आसने/उपवेशने’) + उप (उपसर्ग) → उप-आस् = उपास्

• भेजानासः: sharing/partaking; devoted (ones)
• भेजानासः: Kartā (उपासते इत्यस्य कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Verb (participle used substantively)
• Root: भज् (धातु ‘सेवायाम्/भागे’) → भेजान (कृदन्त; परिप्रयोगः)

• सुवीर्यम्: good heroism; excellent valor/strength
• सुवीर्यम्: Karma (भज्/भेजानासः—यत् प्राप्नुवन्ति/भजन्ते तत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक ‘वीरत्व/पराक्रम’)