Rig Veda 4.16.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 16, Mantra 1
Sukta 4.16
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ सत्यो यातु मघवाँ ऋजीषी द्रवन्त्वस्य हरय उप नः । तस्मा इदन्धः सुषुमा सुदक्षमिहाभिपित्वं करते गृणानः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ satyó yātu maghávāṃ ṛjīṣī́ drávantv asya háraya úpa naḥ | tásmā íd ándhaḥ suṣumā́ su̱dákṣam ihā́bhi-pi̱tváṃ karate gṛṇānáḥ ||
Translation
आ सत्यो यातु मघवाञ् ऋजीषी; द्रवन्त्वस्य हरय उप नः। तस्मै इदं सुषुमाम सोमं सुदक्षम्; इहाभिपित्वं करतु गृणानः॥
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
सत्यःthe true one
सत्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यातुlet (him) come
यातु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
मघवान्Maghavan (Indra), bountiful
मघवान्:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
ऋजीषीbearing/possessing r̥jīṣa (straw/pressing), r̥jīṣin
ऋजीषी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootऋजीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
द्रवन्तुlet (them) run
द्रवन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धातु) / द्रव् (वैदिक प्रयोग)
अस्यof him, his
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हरयःthe bay steeds
हरयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear, up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (contextual: ‘to us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इद्indeed, just
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात)
अन्धःthe soma-juice
अन्धः:
Karma (of सुषुम)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक; सोमरसः)
सुषुमwe have pressed
सुषुम:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसु (धातु; ‘to press/express’ वैदिक)
सुदक्षम्well-prepared, skillfully made
सुदक्षम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
अभिपित्वम्drinking, draught (full drinking)
अभिपित्वम्:
Karma (of करते)
TypeNoun (action-noun)
Rootअभि-पीत्व (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पा ‘to drink’)
करतेhe makes, he performs
करते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
गृणानःpraising, singing
गृणानः:
Kartā (co-referential with Indra)
TypeParticiple
Rootगृ (धातु) → गृणान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
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