Rig Veda 5.35.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 35, Mantra 1

Sukta 5.35

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (Mandala 5 default attribution)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gayatri (likely for RV 5.35.1; many short Indra verses are Gāyatrī—needs metrical confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यस्ते साधिष्ठोऽवस इन्द्र क्रतुष्टमा भर । अस्मभ्यं चर्षणीसहं सस्निं वाजेषु दुष्टरम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.35.1

Transliteration

yás te sā́dhiṣṭho 'váse índra krát uṣṭámā bhara | asmábhyaṃ carṣaṇī-sáhaṃ sásniṃ vā́jeṣu dúṣṭaram ||

Translation

Bring to us, O Indra, that most effective will for help which is your surest power—so that for us it becomes a force that overcomes the resisting worlds, a winning mastery, hard to surpass in the plenitudes of strength. Let your right decision act in us as victorious energy.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• साधिष्ठः: most effective / best
• साधिष्ठः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) → साधिष्ठ (सुपरलेटिव)

• अवसः: of help / of protection
• अवसः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, protection’)

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

• क्रतुष्टमः: most wise / best in resolve
• क्रतुष्टमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक) + -तम (सुपरलेटिव)

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

• भर: bring!
• भर: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चर्षणीसहम्: overpowering men / victorious over peoples
• चर्षणीसहम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: चर्षणी-सह (समास; चर्षणी ‘men/peoples’ + सह ‘conquering/overpowering’)

• सस्निम्: the victorious one / booty-winner
• सस्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सस्नि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winner/possessor of booty, victorious’—RV epithet)

• वाजेषु: in contests / in prizes (winnings)
• वाजेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्टरम्: hard to overcome / invincible
• दुष्टरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्-तर (दुर् + √तॄ/√तॄ?; adjectival ‘hard to overcome/cross’)