Rig Veda 7.55.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 55, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.55

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for much of Maṇḍala 7; hymn-level attribution presumed)

Devata: Charm/appeasement against disturbance; Indra is explicitly invoked as the source of rāyí; the addressed ‘you’ functions as a protective power (often treated in this hymn-context as a sleep/quieting formulation).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely for RV 7.55; verse-level meter should be verified against pada counts in a critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वं सूकरस्य दर्दृहि तव दर्दर्तु सूकरः । स्तोतॄनिन्द्रस्य रायसि किमस्मान्दुच्छुनायसे नि षु स्वप ॥

Transliteration

tvaṁ sū́karasya dadṛhi táva dardartu sūkaráḥ | stotṝ́n índrasya rāyasi kím asmā́n du cchunāyase ní ṣu svàpa ||

Translation

โอ้ พลังภายในเรา จงบดขยี้หมูป่าแห่งแรงผลักดันอันมืดมัว; ขอให้หมูป่านั้นแตกสลายด้วยฤทธิ์ของเจ้า. เจ้าเป็นความอุดม (rāyí) ของพระอินทระ (Indra) แก่ดวงจิตผู้บูชา; ไฉนจึงหันเราไปสู่เคราะห์ร้าย (duḥśuna)? จงจมลง—หลับใหลโดยสิ้นเชิง.

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Word by Word

• त्वम्: thou (you)
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूकरस्य: of the boar
• सूकरस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूकर (प्रातिपदिक)

• दर्दृहि: make (it) firm / strengthen
• दर्दृहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृढ्/दृंह् (धातु; ‘to make firm, strengthen’)

• तव: of thee / thy
• तव: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दर्दर्तु: let (him/it) strengthen / make firm
• दर्दर्तु: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृढ्/दृंह् (धातु; ‘to make firm, strengthen’)

• सूकरः: the boar
• सूकरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूकर (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोतॄन्: the praisers
• स्तोतॄन्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘praiser’)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रायसि: in/with wealth (bounty)
• रायसि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रायि/राय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth, bounty’)

• किम्: why? / what?
• किम्: (प्रश्न) —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुच्छुनायसे: for misfortune / to ill-omen
• दुच्छुनायसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुच्छुनायस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ill-omen, evil portent/affliction’)

• नि: down, away (as preverb)
• नि: (क्रिया-विशेषण) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• षु: indeed, straightway (emphatic particle)
• षु: (निपात) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षु (वैदिक निपात)

• स्वप: sleep!
• स्वप: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु; ‘to sleep’)