Rig Veda 3.52.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 52, Mantra 4
Sukta 3.52
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पुरोळाशं सनश्रुत प्रातःसावे जुषस्व नः । इन्द्र क्रतुर्हि ते बृहन् ॥
Transliteration
puroḷā́śaṃ sanaśruta prātaḥ-sāvé juṣasva naḥ | índra krátur hí te bṛhán ||
Translation
O Indra, famed from of old, accept our puroḷāśa at the morning pressing; for vast indeed is your kratu—your effective will and luminous intelligence that orders the work.
Word by Word
पुरोळाशम्the puroḷāśa (sacrificial rice-cake)
पुरोळाशम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुरोळाश- (प्रातिपदिक)
सनश्रुतO well-famed/renowned (lit. ‘well-heard-of’)
सनश्रुत:
—
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे) + सम्/सन- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वाङ्ग) ; कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (श्रुत)
प्रातःसावेat the morning pressing (morning Soma-rite)
प्रातःसावे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun (compound/adverbial locative)
Rootप्रातः (अव्यय) + सव- (प्रातिपदिक, ‘pressing/oblation-time’)
जुषस्वenjoy/accept!
जुषस्व:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जुष् (सेवने/प्रीतौ)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (स्वाम्य/सम्बन्ध-निर्देशः)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
क्रतुः(your) resolve/will, power of intention
क्रतुः:
कर्तृ (वाक्ये विषय/कर्तृ-स्थानम्)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु- (प्रातिपदिक)
हिfor/indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
बृहन्great, lofty
बृहन्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
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