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Rig Veda 3.38.1: Mandala 3, Sukta 38, Mantra 1

Sukta 3.38

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (attributed for Mandala 3 Indra cycle; hymn-level attribution)
Devata: Indra (with inner-psychological emphasis on Indra as the illumined Mind-Power); ancillary: Savitṛ appears later in the hymn
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant meter for RV 3.38)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि तष्टेव दीधया मनीषामत्यो न वाजी सुधुरो जिहानः । अभि प्रियाणि मर्मृशत्पराणि कवीँरिच्छामि संदृशे सुमेधाः ॥

Transliteration

abhí taṣṭéva dīdhayā manīṣām atyo ná vājī su-dhúro jihā́naḥ | abhí priyā́ṇi marmṛ́śat párāṇi kavī́ṁr icchāmi saṁdṛ́śe su-medhā́ḥ ||

Translation

जसा कारागीर घडवितो, तसा मी दीप्त धियेने माझी मनीषा घडवितो—सुयोजित, वेगवान, विजयदायी अश्वाप्रमाणे, जो उडी घेण्यास आतुर आहे. प्रिय व गूढ प्राणांना स्पर्श करून त्यांना जागवित, मी सुमेधा होऊन अंतर्दर्शनासाठी कवींना (ऋषींना) पाहण्यास/गाठण्यास शोधतो.

Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तष्टाthe carpenter, shaper
तष्टा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतक्ष् (धातु) → तष्टृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
दीधयाwith thought, by insight
दीधया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक) / दीधि- (वेदिक रूप)
मनीषाम्(my) inspired thought, intelligence
मनीषाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषा (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्यःa steed, horse
अत्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
वाजीthe prize-winner, swift racer
वाजी:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुधुरःwell-yoked, well-harnessed
सुधुरः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + धुर (प्रातिपदिक)
जिहानःdriving on, impelling forward (hastening)
जिहानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootहा (धातु) → जिहान (कृदन्त, वेदिक)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रियाणिdear (things), beloved (words/deeds)
प्रियाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्मृशत्touches/handles, works upon (carefully)
मर्मृशत्:
Kartā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमृश् (धातु) + मर्मृश (वेदिक पुनरुक्त-आधार)
पराणिthe further (things), distant (matters)
पराणि:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
कवीन्poets, seers
कवीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
इच्छामिI desire, I seek
इच्छामि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
संदृशेfor seeing, for meeting/encounter
संदृशे:
Sampradāna (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun (verbal noun/infinitival sense)
Rootसम्- + दृश् (धातु) → संदृश्/संदृश (कृदन्त/नाम)
सुमेधाः(I,) the well-wise; of good intelligence
सुमेधाः:
Kartā (विशेषण/स्ववाचक)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसु- + मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)
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Vedic Cosmology
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