Rig Veda 4.31.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 4

Sukta 4.31

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभी न आ ववृत्स्व चक्रं न वृत्तमर्वतः । नियुद्भिश्चर्षणीनाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.31.4

Transliteration

abhī́ na ā́ vavṛtsva cakráṃ na vṛttám árvataḥ | niyúdbhiś carṣaṇīnā́m ||

Translation

Turn yourself towards us and roll in upon us like a wheel in motion, O rider; come yoked with the impulsions that drive the peoples—so the divine force may arrive swiftly and ordered.

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Word by Word

• अभी: towards, upon, over
• अभी: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• आ: hither, towards; in
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ववृत्स्व: turn/roll (yourself) hither; come round
• ववृत्स्व: Kartā (त्वम्) / क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तते/वर्तयति) / √वृ (आवरणे) — वैदिक रूप ‘ववृत्स्व’

• चक्रम्: wheel
• चक्रम्: Karma (उपमेय/उपमान-प्रयोगे) / क्रियाविशेषणोपमायाम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) < √चक्र/√क्रम्? (परम्परया ‘wheel’)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• वृत्तम्: turned, rolled (round)
• वृत्तम्: Karma (उपमानस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Past participle
• Root: वृत्त (कृदन्त/विशेषण) < √वृत् (वर्तने) क्त

• अर्वतः: of the steed/horse
• अर्वतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the steed’
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वत् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘steed/horse’

• नियुद्भिः: with yoked teams; with harnessed steeds
• नियुद्भिः: Karaṇa (साधनम्) / सहचर्य
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियुत् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘yoking, team; (esp.) yoked steeds’

• चर्षणीनाम्: of the peoples, of men
• चर्षणीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the peoples/men’
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘men, peoples’