Rig Veda 3.43.3: Mandala 3, Sukta 43, Mantra 3

Sukta 3.43

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो यज्ञं नमोवृधं सजोषा इन्द्र देव हरिभिर्याहि तूयम् । अहं हि त्वा मतिभिर्जोहवीमि घृतप्रयाः सधमादे मधूनाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.43.3

Transliteration

ā́ no yajñáṁ namo-vṛ́dhaṁ sa-jóṣā índra deva háribhir yāhi tū́yam | aháṁ hí tvā matíbhir jóhavīmi ghṛtá-prayāḥ sadhá-māde madhū́nām ||

Translation

Datanglah ke yajña kami yang bertambah oleh penghormatan; datanglah seia-sekata, wahai Indra yang ilahi, segera dengan kuda-kuda baymu. Sesungguhnya aku menyerumu berulang-ulang dengan persembahan fikiran (mati), kaya dengan ghee (ghṛta), menuju kegirangan bersama akan nikmat-nikmat manis (madhu).

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice; rite
• यज्ञम्: Karma (goal of motion: to the sacrifice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमोवृधम्: increasing (made to grow) by homage
• नमोवृधम्: Karma (qualifier of the goal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नमो-वृध (समास; वृध < √वृध्)

• सजोषाः: in companionship; in accord (with us/with the rite)
• सजोषाः: Kartā (predicate/epithet of Indra)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-जोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; जोषस् ‘delight, companionship’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिभिः: with (your) bay horses
• हरिभिः: Karaṇa (means: with the bay steeds)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• याहि: come; drive
• याहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (याति)

• तूयम्: swiftly
• तूयम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूयम् (avyaya)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (avyaya)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मतिभिः: with prayers; with thoughts
• मतिभिः: Karaṇa (means: with thoughts/prayers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• जोहवीमि: I repeatedly invoke
• जोहवीमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे / √हू (Vedic intensive/iterative: johavī-)

• घृतप्रयाः: whose refreshment/oblation is ghee; ghee-offered
• घृतप्रयाः: Kartā (predicate/epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत-प्रयस् (समास; प्रयस् ‘refreshment/oblation’)

• सधमादे: in the common feast; at the shared revel
• सधमादे: Adhikaraṇa (locus: in the common revel/feast)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सध-माद (प्रातिपदिक; माद ‘revel’)

• मधूनाम्: of the sweet drinks; of meads
• मधूनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of the sweets/meads)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)