Rig Veda 3.37.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 37, Mantra 2
Sukta 3.37
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional ascription for Mandala 3 Indra hymns; hymn-level attribution)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (hymn-level; typical for RV 3.37)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अर्वाचीनं सु ते मन उत चक्षुः शतक्रतो । इन्द्र कृण्वन्तु वाघतः ॥
Transliteration
arvācī́naṃ su te mánā utá cákṣuḥ śatakrato | índra kṛṇvántu vā́ghataḥ ||
Translation
O Indra of a hundred powers, may the seekers shape for thee an inward-turning mind and a luminous vision—so that thy force may work in us as the awakened sacrificial energy.
Word by Word
अर्वाचीनम्turned hither; facing towards us
अर्वाचीनम्:
कर्म (कृण्वन्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्वाचीन (प्रातिपदिक; अर्वाच् + -ईन)
सुwell; very
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (अव्यय)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (मनः, चक्षुः इत्ययोः)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मनःmind
मनः:
कर्तृ (कृण्वन्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय)
चक्षुःeye; sight
चक्षुः:
कर्तृ (कृण्वन्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
शतक्रतोO hundred-powered/ hundred-willed one (Indra)
शतक्रतो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कृण्वन्तुlet (them) make; may (they) make
कृण्वन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
वाघताःthe singers/priests; worshippers
वाघताः:
कर्तृ (कृण्वन्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवाघत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तोतृ/यजमान’)
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