Rig Veda 4.46.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 46, Mantra 2

Sukta 4.46

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4)

Devata: Vāyu (with Indra as associated power)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; verify in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शतेना नो अभिष्टिभिर्नियुत्वाँ इन्द्रसारथिः । वायो सुतस्य तृम्पतम् ॥

Transliteration

śaténa no abhíṣṭibhir niyútvān índra-sārathiḥ | vā́yo sutásya tṛ́mpatam ||

Translation

With a hundred helps for us, O Vāyu—yoked with your teams and with Indra as your charioteer—be filled with the pressed Soma. Let the life-force be satisfied by delight, so it may drive the energies in the right direction.

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Word by Word

• श॒तेन॑: with a hundred
• श॒तेन॑: करण
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अ॒भिष्टि॑भिः: with aids/helps
• अ॒भिष्टि॑भिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिष्टि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)

• नि॒युत्वान्: having a team (of yoked steeds)
• नि॒युत्वान्: कर्तृ (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियुत्वन्त् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘having niyuts/teams’)

• इन्द्र॑सारथिः: Indra’s charioteer (i.e., Vāyu)
• इन्द्र॑सारथिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: इन्द्र-सारथि (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• वायो॑: O Vāyu
• वायो॑: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: वायु (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)

• सु॒तस्य॑: of the pressed (Soma)
• सु॒तस्य॑: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun/Adjective (PPP used substantively)
• Root: सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press’ > ‘pressed’ soma)

• तृम्पतम्: be satisfied / take your fill
• तृम्पतम्: क्रिया (addressed to Vāyu; implied कर्म = सोम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (तृप्/तृम्प्) ‘to satisfy, gladden’