Rig Veda 3.40.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 40, Mantra 8
Sukta 3.40
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify per critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अर्वावतो न आ गहि परावतश्च वृत्रहन् । इमा जुषस्व नो गिरः ॥
Transliteration
arvā́vato na ā́ gahi parā́vataś ca vṛtrahan | imā́ juṣasva no gíraḥ ||
Translation
हे वृत्रहन्, अर्वावतोऽपि परावतश्च नः आ गच्छ। इमा नः गिरः जुषस्व। तमोभेदिनी शक्तिर्नः सर्वसत्ताक्षेत्रे उपस्थिताऽस्तु।
Word by Word
अर्वावतःfrom the horse-yoked (place/region); from the chariot-horses
अर्वावतः:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्वावत् (प्रातिपदिक; अर्वन् ‘घोड़ा’ + -वत् ‘युक्त/सम्पन्न’)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards (here)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गहिcome!
गहि:
(क्रिया) — कर्ता: त्वम् (इन्द्र)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
परावतःfrom afar
परावतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun (used adverbially) / Adjective
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दूरस्थ/परदेश’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
वृत्रहन्O Vṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहन्:
Sambodhana (addressed)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन् ‘हन्ता’)
इमाthese
इमा:
Karma
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वaccept / enjoy
जुषस्व:
(क्रिया) — कर्म: इमाः (गिरः)
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु; ‘सेव्/प्रीण्/स्वीकृ’)
नःour
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गिरःsongs, praises
गिरः:
Kartā (of implied ‘are/stand’ as the offered praises) / also appositional object to ‘इमा’
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वाक्/स्तुति’)
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 sign-in with Google or Apple 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.
