Rig Veda 3.43.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 43, Mantra 6

Sukta 3.43

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Indra (with focus on his haris/steeds as carriers of power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ त्वा बृहन्तो हरयो युजाना अर्वागिन्द्र सधमादो वहन्तु । प्र ये द्विता दिव ऋञ्जन्त्याताः सुसम्मृष्टासो वृषभस्य मूराः ॥

Transliteration

ā tvā bṛhánto hárayo yujānā́ arvā́g indra sadhamā́do vahantu | prá ye dvitā́ díva ṛ́ñjanty ātā́ḥ súsammṛṣṭāso vṛṣabhásya mūrā́ḥ ||

Translation

ହେ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର, ଯୁଗରେ ଯୋଜିତ ବଳବାନ କପିଳ ହରି (ଅଶ୍ୱ) ଯଜ୍ଞର ସହ-ମାଦ ପାଇଁ ତୁମକୁ ଅର୍ବାକ୍—ଆମ ପାଖକୁ—ବହି ଆଣୁନ୍ତୁ। ଯେମାନେ ଦିବରୁ ପ୍ରେରିତ ହୋଇ ଦ୍ୱିଗତି ପଥରେ ଧାଉଛନ୍ତି—ବୃଷଭଙ୍କ ସୁସଂସ୍କୃତ, ସୁସଜ୍ଜିତ ଶକ୍ତିମାନ—ସେମାନେ ତୁମକୁ ଆମ ହବିଷ୍ୟକ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ଅନ୍ତର୍ମୁଖୀ ଭାବେ ବହି ଆଣୁନ୍ତୁ।

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Word by Word

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

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (tvad)

• बृहन्तः: great, lofty
• बृहन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (adj. from √बृंह्/√बृह् ‘to grow, be great’)

• हरयः: the tawny (horses)
• हरयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि-

• युजानाः: yoking / having yoked (themselves)
• युजानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √युज् (yuj) + शानच् (middle participle)

• अर्वाक्: towards here, hitherward
• अर्वाक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्वाक् (indecl. directional)

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

• सधमादः: companions at the common feast / fellow-banqueters
• सधमादः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सधमाद-

• वहन्तु: let them carry/bring
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (vah)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga/avyaya)

• ये: who, which
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• द्विता: in two ways / doubly
• द्विता: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्विता (indecl.)

• दिवः: from heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्-/द्यौ-

• ऋञ्जन्ति: they set in motion / they drive on
• ऋञ्जन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋञ्ज् (ṛñj) ‘to make straight/arrange; set in motion’

• आताः: having come, arrived
• आताः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √या (yā) with preverb आ-; past passive participle ‘ātta/āta’ in Vedic sense ‘come/arrived’

• सुसम्मृष्टासः: well-cleansed, well-polished
• सुसम्मृष्टासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सु- + सम् + √मृज् (mṛj) + क्त (ppp) → सम्मृष्ट-

• वृषभस्य: of the bull (i.e., of the strong one)
• वृषभस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ-

• मूराः: teams/hosts (attendants)
• मूराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर- (Vedic noun)