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Rig Veda 6.40.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 40, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.40

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

समिद्धे अग्नौ सुत इन्द्र सोम आ त्वा वहन्तु हरयो वहिष्ठाः । त्वायता मनसा जोहवीमीन्द्रा याहि सुविताय महे नः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.40.3

sámiddhe agnáu sutá índra sóma ā́ tvā vahantu háryo váhiṣṭhāḥ | tvāyatā mánasā johavī́mī́ndra ā́ yāhi suvitā́ya mahé naḥ ||

When Agni is kindled and Soma is pressed, O Indra, let the most carrying bay steeds bring you. With a mind turned wholly to you I call you: come, Indra, for our great good passage and victorious progress.

समिद्धेwhen/with (the fire) kindled
समिद्धे:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Rootसम्-इध्
अग्नौin the fire (Agni)
अग्नौ:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
सुतेwhen pressed
सुते:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Rootसु (√सु ‘to press’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र
सोमेin/at the Soma (when Soma is pressed)
सोमे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
hither; towards
:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/particle)
Root
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
वहन्तुlet (them) carry
वहन्तु:
TypeVerb
Rootवह्
हरयःthe tawny (horses)
हरयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहरि
वहिष्ठाःmost swift/most conveying
वहिष्ठाः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवहिष्ठ (superlative of √वह् / ‘bearing, conveying’)
त्वायताwith (a mind) directed to you
त्वायता:
करण
TypeAdjective (compound/derivative)
Rootत्वद् + आयत (ppp/adj. ‘directed toward’)
मनसाwith mind
मनसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
जोहवीमिI repeatedly invoke
जोहवीमि:
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे (√ह्वा/ह्वे ‘to call, invoke’) with intensive reduplication
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र
hither
:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Root
याहिcome
याहि:
TypeVerb
Rootया
सुवितायfor good passage/prosperity
सुविताय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootसुवित
महेfor great (good)
महे:
सम्प्रदान (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमह्/महत् (adj. ‘great’)
नःfor us / to us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्

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