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Rig Veda 1.176.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 176, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.176

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify for RV 1.176)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

यथा पूर्वेभ्यो जरितृभ्य इन्द्र मय इवापो न तृष्यते बभूथ । तामनु त्वा निविदं जोहवीमि विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.176.6

yáthā pū́rvebhyo jaritṛ́bhya indra máyā ivā́po ná tṛ́ṣyate babhū́tha | tā́m ánu tvā nivídaṃ johavīmi vidyā́meṣáṃ vṛ́janaṃ jīrá-dānum ||

ดังที่พระองค์เคยเป็นแก่กวีผู้ขับร้องในกาลก่อน โอ อินทรา—ดุจสายน้ำอันรื่นรมย์ที่ไม่ทอดทิ้งผู้กระหาย—พระองค์ก็เป็นเช่นนั้น ข้าพเจ้าจึงตามถ้อยคำเผยแสดง (นิวิด) นั้น เรียกเชิญพระองค์: ขอให้พวกเราพบแรงผลักดันและความบริบูรณ์แห่งชัยชนะ โอ ผู้ประทานผู้ว่องไวในทาน

यथाjust as, as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) प्रत्ययार्थे
पूर्वेभ्यःfrom the former/earlier (ones)
पूर्वेभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
जरितृभ्यःfrom the singers/praisers
जरितृभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √जर्/√गॄ ‘स्तु/गिर्’ से ‘स्तुतिकर्ता’ अर्थे)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मयःrefreshment, delight, benefit
मयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as it were
इव:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
आपःwaters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
(निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
तृष्यतेthirsts, becomes thirsty
तृष्यते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तृष् (तृष्) ‘पिपासा/तृष्णा’
बभूथyou have become/been
बभूथ:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति) ‘भव’
ताम्that (invocation)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter, following
अनु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
निविदम्invocation-formula (nivid)
निविदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिविद् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘निविद्’ = देवताह्वान-रूप स्तुति/आह्वान)
जोहवीमिI repeatedly invoke/call
जोहवीमि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे/√हू (ह्वयति/हवते) ‘आह्वान’
विद्यामmay we know/find
विद्याम:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (वेद) ‘जान’
एषम्this
एषम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएष (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृजनम्difficulty, distress; hostile press
वृजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृजन (प्रातिपदिक)
जीरदानुम्(Indra) of swift/abundant giving
जीरदानुम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootजीरदानु (प्रातिपदिक; जीर ‘शीघ्र/प्रचुर’ + दानु ‘दान/उदारता’ बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

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