Rig Veda 4.32.9: Mandala 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 9

Sukta 4.32

Rishi: Gotama lineage explicitly named

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि त्वा गोतमा गिरानूषत प्र दावने । इन्द्र वाजाय घृष्वये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.32.9

Transliteration

abhí tvā gotamā́ girā́ anū́ṣata prá dā́vane | índra vājā́ya ghṛ́ṣvaye ||

Translation

ఓ ఇంద్రా! గోతములు తమ గీతస్తోత్రాలతో నిన్ను అభిముఖంగా పిలిచారు—దానకర్మకు నిన్ను ముందుకు నడిపించుటకు; ‘వాజ’ (సమృద్ధి) సాధనకూ ‘ఘృష్వ’ (ప్రజ్వలిత) తేజస్సుకూ.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (directional/relational) / Upasarga to verb
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (acc.)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• गोतमाः: the Gotamas (Gautama seers)
• गोतमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper) / collective subject
• Root: गोतम (ऋषिनाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरः: hymns, praises
• गिरः: Kartā (with verb ‘praise’) / or Karma as ‘praises’ offered
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (स्त्री., ‘स्तुति/वाक्’)

• अनूषत: praised, have praised
• अनूषत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नूष्/नुष् (स्तुतौ) — Vedic verb ‘to praise’

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: Upasarga to verbal idea (with दावने/‘giving’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दावने: for giving, for bestowal
• दावने: Sampradāna / Prayojana (purpose)
• Type: Verbal noun (infinitival dative) / Kṛdanta
• Root: दा (दाने) → दावन (कृदन्त/नामधातु-भाव) ‘giving’

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (देवनाम)

• वाजाय: for the prize, for strength
• वाजाय: Sampradāna / Prayojana (for the prize/strength)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (पुं., ‘प्राइज/बल/अन्न’)

• घृष्वये: O blazing/ardent one
• घृष्वये: Sambodhana (epithet of Indra)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: घृष्वि/घृष्वय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘उग्र/तेजस्विन्/प्रदीप्त’)