Rig Veda 3.41.3: Mandala 3, Sukta 41, Mantra 3

Sukta 3.41

Rishi: Gāthin Viśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 3.41–3.42 in the Viśvāmitra cycle; check recension-specific Anukramaṇī for exact assignment)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; requires full-sukta metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इमा ब्रह्म ब्रह्मवाहः क्रियन्त आ बर्हिः सीद । वीहि शूर पुरोळाशम् ॥

Transliteration

imā́ bráhma brahma-vāhaḥ kriyánte ā́ bárhiḥ sīda | vī́hi śū́ra puroḷā́śam ||

Translation

हे ब्रह्मवाह (मंत्रवाहक), ही ब्रह्म/मंत्र-रचना घडविली जात आहे; ये, विस्तीर्ण पवित्र बर्हि (यज्ञासन)ावर बस. हे शूर, ये—पुरोळाश (यज्ञ-नैवेद्य) स्वीकार.

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Word by Word

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Karma (of क्रियन्ते) / विषय
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: sacred formulation; hymn/prayer
• ब्रह्म: Karma/विषय (इमाः … ब्रह्म) अथवा विधेय-नाम
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मवाहः: the bearers of the sacred word (priests)
• ब्रह्मवाहः: Kartā (of क्रियन्ते)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (Agent-noun)
• Root: ब्रह्म-वाह (समास-प्रातिपदिक; वह् ‘to carry’)

• क्रियन्ते: are performed / take place
• क्रियन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Particle)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• बर्हिः: the sacrificial grass (barhis)
• बर्हिः: Adhikaraṇa (goal/seat with सीद) / कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सीद: sit (down)
• सीद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु)

• वीहि: drive/come (hither), approach
• वीहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विहि/विह् (धातु; वेदिक रूप ‘वीहि’ = लोट् 2sg)

• शूर: O hero (Indra)
• शूर: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरोळाशम्: the sacrificial cake (puroḍāśa)
• पुरोळाशम्: Karma (of वीहि: ‘bring/drive [to] the offering’ or ‘towards the offering-cake’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोळाश (प्रातिपदिक; पुरस् + ओळाश/लाश ‘offering-cake’)