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

Inilah madah pujian, wahai Indra, untuk-Mu di tengah kami; dengannya, wahai Harivo (yang bertunggangan kuda kekuningan), ketahuilah bagi kami jalan itu. Berpalinglah kepada kami demi perjalanan yang baik, wahai dewa, agar kami menemui gelanggang yang giat ini dan kelimpahan yang cepat mengurnia.

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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’)