Rig Veda 3.37.3 — Mandala 3, Sukta 37, Mantra 3

Sukta 3.37

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (hymn-level ascription)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (hymn-level; this verse is metrically consistent with Triṣṭubh usage)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नामानि ते शतक्रतो विश्वाभिर्गीर्भिरीमहे । इन्द्राभिमातिषाह्ये ॥

Transliteration

nāmā́ni te śatakrato víśvābhir gī́rbhir īmahe | índrābhimātiṣā́hye ||

Translation

O hundred-powered Indra, with all our uttered hymns we call upon thy Names—thy manifold presences—so that thou mayest conquer the hostile pressures that assail the soul.

Word by Word

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₁nōmn̥

• ते: of you (thy)
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शतक्रतो: O hundred-powered/ hundred-willed one (Indra)
• शतक्रतो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: शतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)

• विश्वाभिः: with all
• विश्वाभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (सर्व) (प्रातिपदिक)

• गीर्भिः: with hymns/ songs of praise
• गीर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर्/गिर् (प्रातिपदिक) < √गॄ/गॢ (to sing/praise)

• ईमहे: we strive/seek (to celebrate), we invoke
• ईमहे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (आत्मनेपद; desiderative/iterative sense in Vedic: ‘to strive/seek, to invoke’)

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

• अभिमातिषाह्ये: in (the act/state of) overcoming hostile attacks
• अभिमातिषाह्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract/compound)
• Root: अभिमाति-षाह्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘overcoming hostile assaults’) < अभि-√मा (to measure/attack; ‘assault’) + √सह् (to conquer/endure)