Rig Veda 2.32.4 — Mandala 2, Sukta 32, Mantra 4
Sukta 2.32
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional attribution for Mandala 2)
Devata: Rākā (with lunar/plenitude associations; feminine power of fullness and formation)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 2.32; verse appears in triṣṭubh cadence)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
राकामहं सुहवां सुष्टुती हुवे शृणोतु नः सुभगा बोधतु त्मना । सीव्यत्वपः सूच्याच्छिद्यमानया ददातु वीरं शतदायमुक्थ्यम् ॥
Transliteration
rākām aháṃ su-hávāṃ suṣṭutī huve śṛṇótu naḥ su-bhágā bódhatu tmanā | sī́vyatv ápaḥ sū́cyā́c-chídyamānayā dádātu vīráṃ śatá-dāyam ukthyàm ||
Translation
I call Rākā with a beautiful invocation and a right praise. May the gracious Power hear us; may she awaken in her own self-awareness. May she stitch the streams together with an unbreaking needle, and grant us the heroic force—rich in a hundred gifts—fit for the uttered hymn.
Word by Word
राकाम्Rākā (the goddess), (as) the one invoked
राकाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootराका- (प्रातिपदिक; देवी-नाम)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
सुहवाम्easy to invoke, readily callable
सुहवाम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + √ह्वा (ह्वयति) → सुहवा- (विशेषण)
सुष्टुतीwith good praise (a fine hymn)
सुष्टुती:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + √स्तु (स्तौति) → सुष्टुति- (स्तुतिः)
हुवेI invoke/call
हुवे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति)
शृणोतुlet (her) hear
शृणोतु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (शृणोति)
नःfor us / to us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
सुभगाfortunate, gracious
सुभगा:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + भग- → सुभग- (विशेषण)
बोधतुlet (her) awaken/be aware
बोधतु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√बुध् (बोधति)
त्मनाby herself, of her own accord
त्मना:
करण
TypeNoun (instrumental adverbial)
Rootत्मन्- (आत्मन्-सम; ‘स्वयम्/स्वेन’)
सीव्यतुlet (her) sew/stitch
सीव्यतु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सिव्/√स्यिव् (सीव्यति ‘to sew’)
अपःwaters
अपः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअप्- (स्त्री; ‘water’)
सूच्याwith a needle
सूच्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootसूची- (स्त्री; ‘needle’)
च्छिद्यमानयाwith (the needle) that is piercing/cutting
च्छिद्यमानया:
करण
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√छिद् (छिनत्ति) → छिद्यमान- (कृदन्त, वर्तमान-कर्तरि/कर्मणि) + -या
ददातुlet (her) give
ददातु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√दा (ददाति)
वीरम्a hero/son
वीरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवीर- (प्रातिपदिक)
शतदायम्bringing a hundredfold gift, of hundredfold bounty
शतदायम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootशत- + दाय- (दाय ‘gift/share’) → शतदाय- (विशेषण)
उक्थ्यम्worthy of praise (fit to be celebrated in hymns)
उक्थ्यम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootउक्थ्य- (उक्थ ‘hymn’ से; ‘praiseworthy/fit for hymn’)
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