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
अभि तष्टेव दीधया मनीषाम् उद्योजयामि—अत्यो न वाजी सुधुरो जिहानः। प्रियाणि च गूढप्राणानि मर्मृशन् प्रबोधयन्, अहं सुमेधाः संदृशेऽन्तर्दर्शनाय कवीन् ऋषीन् इच्छामि।
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तष्टाthe carpenter, shaper
तष्टा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतक्ष् (धातु) → तष्टृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
दीधयाwith thought, by insight
दीधया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक) / दीधि- (वेदिक रूप)
मनीषाम्(my) inspired thought, intelligence
मनीषाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषा (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्यःa steed, horse
अत्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
वाजीthe prize-winner, swift racer
वाजी:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुधुरःwell-yoked, well-harnessed
सुधुरः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + धुर (प्रातिपदिक)
जिहानःdriving on, impelling forward (hastening)
जिहानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootहा (धातु) → जिहान (कृदन्त, वेदिक)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रियाणिdear (things), beloved (words/deeds)
प्रियाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्मृशत्touches/handles, works upon (carefully)
मर्मृशत्:
Kartā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमृश् (धातु) + मर्मृश (वेदिक पुनरुक्त-आधार)
पराणिthe further (things), distant (matters)
पराणि:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
कवीन्poets, seers
कवीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
इच्छामिI desire, I seek
इच्छामि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
संदृशेfor seeing, for meeting/encounter
संदृशे:
Sampradāna (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun (verbal noun/infinitival sense)
Rootसम्- + दृश् (धातु) → संदृश्/संदृश (कृदन्त/नाम)
सुमेधाः(I,) the well-wise; of good intelligence
सुमेधाः:
Kartā (विशेषण/स्ववाचक)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसु- + मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.