Rig Veda 3.38.1: Mandala 3, Sukta 38, Mantra 1

Sukta 3.38

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (attributed for Mandala 3 Indra cycle; hymn-level attribution)

Devata: Indra (with inner-psychological emphasis on Indra as the illumined Mind-Power); ancillary: Savitṛ appears later in the hymn

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant meter for RV 3.38)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि तष्टेव दीधया मनीषामत्यो न वाजी सुधुरो जिहानः । अभि प्रियाणि मर्मृशत्पराणि कवीँरिच्छामि संदृशे सुमेधाः ॥

Transliteration

abhí taṣṭéva dīdhayā manīṣām atyo ná vājī su-dhúro jihā́naḥ | abhí priyā́ṇi marmṛ́śat párāṇi kavī́ṁr icchāmi saṁdṛ́śe su-medhā́ḥ ||

Translation

Com visão que molda, como um artífice, talho o meu pensamento — como um corcel veloz, vencedor do prêmio, bem jungido e ávido de avançar. Tocando e despertando os sopros de vida queridos e ocultos, eu, de boa inteligência, busco os ṛṣi para a visão interior.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तष्टा: the carpenter, shaper
• तष्टा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्ष् (धातु) → तष्टृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• दीधया: with thought, by insight
• दीधया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक) / दीधि- (वेदिक रूप)

• मनीषाम्: (my) inspired thought, intelligence
• मनीषाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्यः: a steed, horse
• अत्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• वाजी: the prize-winner, swift racer
• वाजी: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुधुरः: well-yoked, well-harnessed
• सुधुरः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + धुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिहानः: driving on, impelling forward (hastening)
• जिहानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: हा (धातु) → जिहान (कृदन्त, वेदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रियाणि: dear (things), beloved (words/deeds)
• प्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्मृशत्: touches/handles, works upon (carefully)
• मर्मृशत्: Kartā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृश् (धातु) + मर्मृश (वेदिक पुनरुक्त-आधार)

• पराणि: the further (things), distant (matters)
• पराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)

• कवीन्: poets, seers
• कवीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इच्छामि: I desire, I seek
• इच्छामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)

• संदृशे: for seeing, for meeting/encounter
• संदृशे: Sampradāna (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun (verbal noun/infinitival sense)
• Root: सम्- + दृश् (धातु) → संदृश्/संदृश (कृदन्त/नाम)

• सुमेधाः: (I,) the well-wise; of good intelligence
• सुमेधाः: Kartā (विशेषण/स्ववाचक)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सु- + मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)