Rig Veda 4.32.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 5
Sukta 4.32
Rishi: Gautama (Gotamāḥ) tradition (as indicated within the hymn context, esp. 4.32.9, 4.32.12)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; hymn 4.32 predominantly Trishtubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स नश्चित्राभिरद्रिवोऽनवद्याभिरूतिभिः । अनाधृष्टाभिरा गहि ॥
Transliteration
sa naś citrā́bhir adrivo ’navadyā́bhir ūtíbhíḥ | anā́dhṛṣṭābhir ā́ gahi ||
Translation
Hỡi Indra, bậc cầm đá ép, xin hãy đến với chúng con bằng những quyền năng trợ hộ rực rỡ, không tì vết—những sự giúp đỡ không thể bị lay chuyển hay khuất phục—xin hãy đến.
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → नस्
चित्राभिःwith bright/wondrous (ones)
चित्राभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्रिवःO stone-bearer (Indra; wielder of the pressing-stones)
अद्रिवः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootअद्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + वस् (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘having stones’)
अनवद्याभिःwith blameless (ones)
अनवद्याभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअनवद्य (प्रातिपदिक; a- + अवद्य)
ऊतिभिःwith helps/aids
ऊतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
अनाधृष्टाभिःwith unassailable (ones)
अनाधृष्टाभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाधृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; a- + धृष् ‘to dare/assail’ → ‘unassailed, irresistible’)
आhither, towards (us)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गहिcome!
गहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
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