Rig Veda 3.55.22: Mandala 3, Sukta 55, Mantra 22

Sukta 3.55

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (family attribution for Maṇḍala 3)

Devata: Indra (explicitly named), yet framed within the unitive ‘asuratvam ekam’ sovereignty

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

निष्षिध्वरीस्त ओषधीरुतापो रयिं त इन्द्र पृथिवी बिभर्ति । सखायस्ते वामभाजः स्याम महद्देवानामसुरत्वमेकम् ॥

Transliteration

niṣṣídhvarīs ta óṣadhīr utā́po rayíṃ ta indra pṛthivī́ bibharti | sákhāyas te vā́mabhājaḥ syāma mahád devā́nām asura-tvám ékam ||

Translation

The swift-pressing powers are yours—plants and waters; and Earth bears for you the rayi, the plenitude. May we be your comrades, sharers in your beloved gifts—one great sovereignty of the gods, the single Asura-might.

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Word by Word

• निः: out, forth (as a preverb)
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग) / निस्

• सिध्वरीः: the successful/beneficent (ones) (fem. pl.)
• सिध्वरीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिध्वरि- (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री) < √सिध् (सिध्यति) ‘to succeed/attain’ (etym.)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (युष्मद्- सर्वनाम)

• ओषधीः: plants, herbs
• ओषधीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री; pluralia tantum)

• रयिम्: wealth, bounty
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि- (प्रातिपदिक; पुं)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (युष्मद्- सर्वनाम)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक; पुं)

• पृथिवी: the Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)

• बिभर्ति: bears, supports
• बिभर्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भृञ्) ‘to bear, support’

• सखायः: companions, friends
• सखायः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि- (प्रातिपदिक; पुं)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (युष्मद्- सर्वनाम)

• वामभाजः: sharers of good things, partakers of blessings
• वामभाजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम- + भाज- (प्रातिपदिक; पुं) < √भज् ‘to share, allot’

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् ‘to be’

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्- (प्रातिपदिक; नपुं)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक; पुं)

• असुरत्वम्: asura-hood; lordly power, sovereignty
• असुरत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुरत्व- (प्रातिपदिक; नपुं) < असुर- + -त्व

• एकम्: one, single
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक- (प्रातिपदिक; नपुं)