Rig Veda 3.53.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 53, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.53

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तिष्ठा सु कं मघवन्मा परा गाः सोमस्य नु त्वा सुषुतस्य यक्षि । पितुर्न पुत्रः सिचमा रभे त इन्द्र स्वादिष्ठया गिरा शचीवः ॥

Transliteration

tíṣṭhā su káṃ maghavan mā́ parā́ gāḥ | sómasya nú tvā súsutasya yakṣi | pitúr ná putráḥ sícam ā́ rabhé ta índra svā́diṣṭhayā girā́ śacīvaḥ ||

Translation

Permanece aqui em paz, ó generoso; não te afastes. Agora eu te invoco pelo Soma bem prensado. Como um filho alcança a porção do pai, assim eu alcanço o teu derramamento, ó Indra, com a fala mais doce, ó senhor do poder eficaz (Śacīvan).

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Word by Word

• तिष्ठ: stand; stay
• तिष्ठ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (√स्था)

• सु: well; indeed
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (upasarga/avyaya)

• कम्: what?; why?
• कम्: Karma (adverbial accusative: ‘why?/what for?’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (kim-prātipadika)

• मघवन्: O bountiful one (Indra)
• मघवन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (prātipadika)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (prohibitive particle)

• परा: away; forth
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (upasarga/avyaya)

• गाः: go
• गाः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गा (√गा)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (particle)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronominal base त्व-)

• सुषुतस्य: well-pressed
• सुषुतस्य: Sambandha (genitive qualifier)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: सु-√सु (√सु ‘press, extract’) → सुषुत (PPP) (prātipadika)

• यक्षि: worship; offer sacrifice to
• यक्षि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (√यज्)

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (prātipadika)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Kartā (of रभे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (prātipadika)

• सिचमा: I attach myself (indeed)
• सिचमा: —
• Type: Verb + particle
• Root: सिच् (√सिच्) + मा (enclitic particle)

• रभे: I seize; I take hold
• रभे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रभ् (√रभ्)

• त: to you; of you
• त: Sampradāna/Sambandha (to/for you; of you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (enclitic pronominal base)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• स्वादिष्ठया: with the sweetest
• स्वादिष्ठया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वादिष्ठ (superlative adj. from √स्वद् ‘be sweet’) (prātipadika)

• गिरा: with (my) song/voice
• गिरा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्/गीर् (prātipadika)

• शचीवः: O possessor of might/power (Indra)
• शचीवः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: शचीवत् (prātipadika)