Rig Veda 5.35.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 35, Mantra 3

Sukta 5.35

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (attribution for RV 5.35 commonly placed in the Atri corpus; verify against specific Anukramaṇī for exact rishi)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; verify per pada-count and Anukramaṇī)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ तेऽवो वरेण्यं वृषन्तमस्य हूमहे । वृषजूतिर्हि जज्ञिष आभूभिरिन्द्र तुर्वणिः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ te ’vo varéṇyaṁ vṛ́ṣantam asya hūmahe | vṛ́ṣajūtir hí jajñiṣá ābhū́bhir indra turváṇiḥ ||

Translation

Chúng con kêu cầu sự trợ giúp của Ngài, hỡi Indra—sự trợ giúp đáng được chọn, dòng tuôn trào mãnh liệt nhất của quyền năng Ngài. Vì Ngài quả thật là kẻ thúc đẩy các năng lực đang tràn đầy; với những sự hiển lộ và trở thành hùng vĩ của Ngài, hỡi Indra, Ngài là đấng chiến thắng mau lẹ.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) अथवा अव्यय

• ते: to/for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• अवः: help, aid
• अवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (नपुंसक/पुं. प्रातिपदिक) अवस् ‘help, aid’

• वरेण्यम्: choice-worthy, excellent
• वरेण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (√वृ ‘to choose’ → ‘worthy to be chosen’)

• वृषन्तम्: the mighty/bull-like (one)
• वृषन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bull-like, mighty’

• अस्य: of this (one), of him
• अस्य: Adhikaraṇa (genitival relation) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हूमहे: we invoke/call
• हूमहे: Kartā (we) + main predicate
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हू (जुहोत्यादि) ‘to call, invoke’

• वृषजूतिḥ: the one of mighty impulse/succour
• वृषजूतिḥ: Kartā (of following verb ‘जज्ञिष’)
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: वृष-जूति (समास: वृष ‘mighty’ + जूति ‘impulse/speed/aid’)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• जज्ञिषे: you have been born/come forth
• जज्ञिषे: Predicate (addressed to Indra) / Kartā implicit ‘त्वम्’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जज्ञे-type perfect) ‘to be born, arise’

• आभूभिः: with (your) aids/powers
• आभूभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभू (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic instr. pl. of a stem meaning ‘helps/powers/means’; often taken as ‘with aids/with powers’)

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

• तुर्वणिः: the overpowering/impetuous one
• तुर्वणिः: Kartā (appositional subject) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुर्वणि (प्रातिपदिक; epithet: ‘overpowering, rushing, victorious’)