Rig Veda 4.20.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 20, Mantra 2

Sukta 4.20

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ न इन्द्रो हरिभिर्यात्वच्छार्वाचीनोऽवसे राधसे च । तिष्ठाति वज्री मघवा विरप्शीमं यज्ञमनु नो वाजसातौ ॥

Transliteration

ā́ na índro háribhir yā́tv ácchārvācī́no’vase rā́dhase ca | tíṣṭhāti vajrī́ maghávā vi-rapśī́ imáṃ yajñám ánu no vā́ja-sātau ||

Translation

Let Indra come to us with his tawny steeds, turning towards us for our help and our plenitude. The thunder-bearer, the bounteous, stands in wide-ranging might; may he follow this our sacrifice in the winning of the vāja—our fullness of force.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• हरिभिः: with the tawny (horses)
• हरिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (prātipadika)

• यातु: let him come / may he go (hither)
• यातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• अच्छा: towards, straight to
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (avyaya)

• अर्वाचीनः: facing hither, turned towards us
• अर्वाचीनः: कर्तृ (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाचीन (prātipadika)

• अवसे: for help, for aid
• अवसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (prātipadika)

• राधसे: for bounty, for generosity
• राधसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• तिष्ठाति: stands, takes his stand
• तिष्ठाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• वज्री: the wielder of the vajra
• वज्री: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (agentive epithet)
• Root: वज्रिन् (prātipadika)

• मघवा: the bountiful one
• मघवा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (prātipadika)

• विरप्शीम्: broad/strong (Vedic epithet; lit. ‘wide-working/strong-fingered’)
• विरप्शीम्: कर्म (as qualifier in apposition to the object)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: विरप्शी (prātipadika; Vedic epithet, fem.)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (pronoun stem)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice, ritual offering
• यज्ञम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (prātipadika)

• अनु: along, following, in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (avyaya)

• नः: for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• वाजसातौ: in the winning of the prize (in the contest for strength)
• वाजसातौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजसाति (prātipadika; ‘winning of prize/strength’)