Rig Veda 3.41.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 41, Mantra 8

Sukta 3.41

Rishi: Gāthin Viśvāmitra (traditional; verify Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मारे अस्मद्वि मुमुचो हरिप्रियार्वाङ्याहि । इन्द्र स्वधावो मत्स्वेह ॥

Transliteration

mā́re asmád ví mumucaḥ hári-priya ārvā́ṅ yāhi | índra svadhāvo mátsvehá ||

Translation

Do not loosen yourself away from us, O lover of the bright steeds; come here facing us. O Indra, master of your own power, take delight here—enter the offering and the awakened field of consciousness.

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Word by Word

• मारे: do not (O…!)
• मारे: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय/निषेध) + रे (सम्बोधन-निपात)

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• मुमुचः: you have released / let go
• मुमुचः: Kartā (क्रियापद-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः: ‘त्वम्’ निहितः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + वि; लिट्/परस्मैपद-रूप (वेदिक)

• हरिप्रियाः: O beloved of the tawny steeds (Hari)
• हरिप्रियाः: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative) / Epithet
• Root: हरि-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)

• अर्वाङ्: hither, toward us
• अर्वाङ्: —
• Type: Indeclinable / Adverb
• Root: अर्वाङ् (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: to, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• याहि: come!
• याहि: Kartā (आह्वानः; कर्ता = ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वधावः: O self-empowered / possessing svadhā
• स्वधावः: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative) / Epithet
• Root: स्वधा-वन्/स्वधावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मत्स्व: be exhilarated / rejoice
• मत्स्व: Kartā (आह्वानः; कर्ता = ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु) + लोट्; ‘मदस्व’ (वेदिक संक्षेप)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)