Rig Veda 1.17.3 — Mandala 1, Sukta 17, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.17

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (trad.)

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual)

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अनुकामं तर्पयेथामिन्द्रावरुण राय आ । ता वां नेदिष्ठमीमहे ॥

Transliteration

anukāmáṁ tarpayethām indrā́varuṇā rāyá ā́ | tā́ vāṁ nédiṣṭham īmahe ||

Translation

Satisfy, according to our soul’s true seeking, the plenitude of our being, O Indra and Varuṇa. We seek you two as the nearest—powers close at hand for the right fulfillment.

Word by Word

• अनुकामम्: according to (our) wish, as desired
• अनुकामम्: Adhikaraṇa (manner/according to desire)
• Type: Adjective/Adverbial (acc. used adverbially)
• Root: अनु-√काम (प्रा. काम) / उपसर्ग+प्रातिपदिक

• तर्पयेथाम्: (you two) satisfy / gladden
• तर्पयेथाम्: Kriyā (predicate); implied object: ‘us/our desire’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (तर्पयति) [causative]

• इन्द्रावरुण: O Indra and Varuṇa
• इन्द्रावरुण: Sambodhana (addressed deities)
• Type: Noun (proper names)
• Root: इन्द्र + वरुण (समास: द्वन्द्व, संबोधन)

• रायः: of wealth, of riches
• रायः: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of wealth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि (प्रा. रयि/राय ‘wealth, gift’)

• आ: hither; fully
• आ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (direction/intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• ता: those two (gifts/boons)
• ता: Karma (object of ‘we seek’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• वाम्: of you two; for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna/Sambandha (for you two / belonging to you two; contextually ‘from you two’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• नेदिष्ठम्: the nearest, the most immediate
• नेदिष्ठम्: Karma (as qualifier of the sought object)
• Type: Adjective (superlative)
• Root: निदिष्ठ (superlative of ‘near’: from √निद/निद्?; standard: ‘नेदिष्ठ’ superl. of ‘निद/निद’ ~ ‘near’)

• ईमहे: we seek, we request
• ईमहे: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (आत्मनेपद: ईमहे < यामहे; Vedic present)