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Rig Veda 1.43.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 43, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.43

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional for RV 1.43)
Devata: Rudra (as healer and lord of inspired speech and intelligence)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables; typical for concise invocations)

गाथपतिं मेधपतिं रुद्रं जलाषभेषजम् । तच्छंयोः सुम्नमीमहे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.43.4

gāthápatim medhápatim rudráṃ jalā́ṣabheṣajam | tác chaṃyóḥ sumnám īmahe ||

Daripada Rudra—tuan nyanyian suci (gāthāpati), tuan kefahaman yang bercahaya (medhāpati), penyembuh yang ubatnya ialah aliran hidup yang menyegarkan—kami memohon kurnia yang membawa damai dan sejahtera.

गाथपतिम्the lord of hymns (song-lord)
गाथपतिम्:
कर्म (ईमहे इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootगाथा-पति (प्रातिपदिक) < पति
मेधपतिम्the lord of wisdom/skill (intelligence-lord)
मेधपतिम्:
कर्म (ईमहे इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootमेधा-पति (प्रातिपदिक) < पति
रुद्रम्Rudra
रुद्रम्:
कर्म (ईमहे इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
जलाषभेषजम्the healing remedy (medicine) that brings refreshment/relief
जलाषभेषजम्:
कर्म (ईमहे इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootजलाष-भेषज (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष समास) < भेषज
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (ईमहे इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शंयोःof welfare and prosperity (of the two: ‘weal’ and ‘good fortune’)
शंयोः:
सम्बन्ध (तत्/सुम्नम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (compound; fixed Vedic expression)
Rootशं-यो (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व/समाहारार्थ समास: शम् + योः) अथवा स्थिर-समासरूप
सुम्नम्favor, grace, benevolence
सुम्नम्:
कर्म (ईमहे इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसुम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
ईमहेwe seek / we implore
ईमहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (यच्छति) / Vedic desiderative middle: ईमहे (< ईमहि) ‘we seek’

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