Rig Veda 4.22.2 — Mandala 4, Sukta 22, Mantra 2
Sukta 4.22
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वृषा वृषन्धिं चतुरश्रिमस्यन्नुग्रो बाहुभ्यां नृतमः शचीवान् । श्रिये परुष्णीमुषमाण ऊर्णां यस्याः पर्वाणि सख्याय विव्ये ॥
Transliteration
vṛ́ṣā vṛ́ṣandhiṃ cátur-aśrim ásyann ugró bāhúbhyāṃ nṛ́-tamaḥ śacī́vān | śríye púruṣṇīm uṣámāṇa ūrṇā́ṃ yásyāḥ párvāṇi sakhyā́ya vivyé ||
Translation
O Touro, arremessando a arma de quatro arestas e fortes articulações, o terrível, o mais varonil, poderoso com os braços, pleno de Śakti; por esplendor envolve a (corrente) de muitos cursos como com lã — suas juntas ele as teceu para a amizade.
Word by Word
वृषाthe bull; the mighty one
वृषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) / वृष (बलवर्षणयोः)
वृषन्धिम्the bull-joined/strong-jointed (one)
वृषन्धिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन्धि (प्रातिपदिक; वृषन् + धि/धि- ‘धारण/बंध’)
चतुरश्रिम्four-cornered; four-edged
चतुरश्रिम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुरश्रि (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + अश्रि ‘कोण/अश्रि’)
अस्यन्he hurls; he casts
अस्यन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (क्षेपणे) / अस् (प्रक्षेपणे) धातु
उग्रःfierce; mighty
उग्रः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms
बाहुभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
नृतमःbest of men; most manly
नृतमः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootनृतम (प्रातिपदिक; नृ + तमप् ‘श्रेष्ठ’)
शचीवान्possessing power/skill (epithet of Indra)
शचीवान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशचीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; शची ‘शक्ति/कौशल’ + वत्)
श्रियेfor splendor; for prosperity
श्रिये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक)
परुष्णीम्the rib/side-piece (of the body/frame)
परुष्णीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरुष्णी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पार्श्व/पसलि/रिब’)
उषमाणःheating; warming; glowing
उषमाणः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (Participle)
Rootउष् (दाहे/उष्णीकरणे) धातु; उषमाण (शानच्)
ऊर्णाम्wool; fleece
ऊर्णाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
यस्याःof which/whose
यस्याः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वाणिjoints; segments
पर्वाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सख्यायfor friendship; for alliance
सख्याय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
विव्येhe has woven; he has interlaced
विव्ये:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवी (वेवये/वयने ‘to weave, to plait’) धातु
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