Rig Veda 4.32.15: Mandala 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 15

Sukta 4.32

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.32; verse-level r̥ṣi not separately given in the provided input)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas × 8 syllables; typical for many short invocatory verses in this hymn)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्माकं त्वा मतीनामा स्तोम इन्द्र यच्छतु । अर्वागा वर्तया हरी ॥

Transliteration

asmā́kaṃ tvā matīnā́m ā́ stóma indra yacchatu | arvā́g ā́ vartayā hárī ||

Translation

May the hymn of our awakened thoughts draw you here, O Indra; turn your two power-steeds toward us and come inward to our field.

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Word by Word

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (acc.)
• त्वा: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मतीनाम्: of (our) thoughts/prayers
• मतीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मती- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, devotion, hymn’)

• आ: towards, hither; (intensifies/ directs the action)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• स्तोमः: the hymn of praise
• स्तोमः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम- (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘praise, hymn’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र- (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छतु: let (it) bestow/bring; may it reach
• यच्छतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति) ‘to extend, bestow, direct’

• अर्वाक्: hither, towards us
• अर्वाक्: अधिकारण/दिशा-निर्देश (directional adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्वाक् (अव्यय/दिक्शब्द; ‘hitherward’)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वर्तय: turn/drive (you)
• वर्तय: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तते/वर्तयति) ‘to turn, set in motion’

• हरी: the two bay steeds
• हरी: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि- (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; Indra’s two bay steeds)