Rig Veda 4.35.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.35

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Ṛbhus / Vājas

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो वः सुनोत्यभिपित्वे अह्नां तीव्रं वाजासः सवनं मदाय । तस्मै रयिमृभवः सर्ववीरमा तक्षत वृषणो मन्दसानाः ॥

Transliteration

yó vaḥ sunóty abhipitvé ahnā́ṃ tīvráṃ vājāsaḥ sávanaṃ madā́ya | tásmai rayím ṛbhavaḥ sárvavīram ā́ takṣata vṛ́ṣaṇo mandasānā́ḥ ||

Translation

Wahai Vājas/Ṛbhus, sesiapa yang memerah untukmu—dalam pertautan rapat hari-hari—perahan yang kuat demi kegembiraan; kepadanya, wahai para Ṛbhus, pahatkanlah kekayaan yang sarat dengan segala daya kepahlawanan. Wahai yang gagah, bersukaria, ukirlah dan tegakkan kelimpahan itu ke dalam dirinya.

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• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you; to you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुनोति: presses (Soma)
• सुनोति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सु (सुनोति) ‘to press out (Soma)’

• अभिपित्वे: at/within the drinking (session); at the libation
• अभिपित्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (ritual term)
• Root: अभि-पीत्व (पीत्व ‘पान/पान-काल’, from √पा ‘to drink’)

• अह्नाम्: of the days
• अह्नाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘day’

• तीव्रम्: strong, intense
• तीव्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘strong, sharp’

• वाजासः: the invigorations/prizes (vājāḥ)
• वाजासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक) ‘prize; strength; (Soma-)vigour’

• सवनम्: the Soma-pressing
• सवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘pressing; Soma-pressing’

• मदाय: for exhilaration
• मदाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक) ‘intoxication, exhilaration’

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रयिम्: wealth
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wealth, treasure’

• ऋभवः: the Rbhus
• ऋभवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: ऋभु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘the Rbhus (divine artisans)’

• सर्ववीरम्: abounding in heroes (all-manly)
• सर्ववीरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-वीर (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास) ‘having all heroes; rich in men/sons’

• आ: forth; towards; fully
• आ: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तक्षत: they fashioned
• तक्षत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तक्ष् ‘to fashion, form, carpent’

• वृषणः: the mighty (bull-like ones)
• वृषणः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bull-like; mighty’

• मन्दसानाः: rejoicing; exhilarated
• मन्दसानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: मन्दसान (कृदन्त; from √मन्द्/√मद् ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’ with -सान)