Rig Veda 5.35.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 35, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.35
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; short tri-pāda structure—needs metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यदिन्द्र ते चतस्रो यच्छूर सन्ति तिस्रः । यद्वा पञ्च क्षितीनामवस्तत्सु न आ भर ॥
Transliteration
yád índra te cátasro yác chūra sánti tisráḥ | yád vā́ páñca kṣitīnā́m ávas tát su na ā́ bhara ||
Translation
Whatever your helps are, O Indra—four, or three, O hero; or even five for the worlds—bring that support to us in full. Let every mode of your protecting power enter our journey and uphold our ascent.
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (avyaya)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
चतस्रःfour
चतस्रः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः (with implied feminine plural noun)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootचतुर् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
कर्म/विषय (relative object/subject, context-dependent)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
शूरO hero
शूर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
सन्तिare
सन्ति:
अस्ति-क्रिया (linking verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
तिस्रःthree
तिस्रः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः (with implied feminine plural noun)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootत्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
कर्म/विषय (relative)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (avyaya)
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
क्षितीनाम्of the earths / of the regions
क्षितीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
अवःhelp, aid
अवः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (appositional to अवः: ‘that help’)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
सुwell / indeed
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (avyaya)
नःto us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
आhither / towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
भरbring
भर:
क्रिया (with कर्म = अवः/तत्; सम्प्रदान = नः)
TypeVerb
Rootभृ (धातु)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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Chanting Notes
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