Rig Veda 3.41.5: Mandala 3, Sukta 41, Mantra 5

Sukta 3.41

Rishi: Gāthin Viśvāmitra (traditional; verify Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मतयः सोमपामुरुं रिहन्ति शवसस्पतिम् । इन्द्रं वत्सं न मातरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.41.5

Transliteration

matáyaḥ soma-pā́m urúṃ rihánti śávasas pátim | índraṃ vatsáṃ na mātáraḥ ||

Translation

Fikiran-fikiran, luas dan mencari, berpaut pada peminum Soma, tuan kekuatan—Indra—seperti para ibu pada anak lembu; mereka berkumpul mengelilingi daya yang dapat kita pelihara dan kita besarkan.

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Word by Word

• मतयः: thoughts / hymns (devotional inspirations)
• मतयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति- (√मन् ‘to think’ > मति ‘thought, hymn, devotion’)

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinkers
• सोमपाः: कर्तृ (apposition to मतयः)
• Type: Noun (agentive compound)
• Root: सोमपा- (सोम + √पा ‘to drink’)

• उरुम्: the wide one / the vast (one)
• उरुम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उरु-

• रिहन्ति: they lick / lap
• रिहन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रिह् (रिहति) ‘to lick, lap, taste’

• शवसः: of strength / of might
• शवसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस्- ‘strength, might’

• पतिम्: lord
• पतिम्: कर्म (in apposition to इन्द्रम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति- ‘lord, master’

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र-

• वत्सम्: a calf
• वत्सम्: कर्म (object of implied ‘seek/cherish’ in simile; syntactically in comparison with इन्द्रम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स- ‘calf’

• न: like / as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मातरः: mothers
• मातरः: कर्तृ (of an implied comparison: ‘as mothers [do]’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ- ‘mother’