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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)

शतेना नो अभिष्टिभिर्नियुत्वाँ इन्द्रसारथिः । वायो सुतस्य तृम्पतम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.46.2

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

伐由啊,愿你以百般护佑护持我们;你驾驭成队的尼优特(niyut),以因陀罗为御者——请以这压榨的苏摩得以充盈。

श॒तेन॑with a hundred
श॒तेन॑:
करण
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अ॒भिष्टि॑भिःwith aids/helps
अ॒भिष्टि॑भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअभिष्टि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
नि॒युत्वान्having a team (of yoked steeds)
नि॒युत्वान्:
कर्तृ (as qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootनियुत्वन्त् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘having niyuts/teams’)
इन्द्र॑सारथिःIndra’s charioteer (i.e., Vāyu)
इन्द्र॑सारथिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootइन्द्र-सारथि (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
वायो॑O Vāyu
वायो॑:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवायु (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
सु॒तस्य॑of the pressed (Soma)
सु॒तस्य॑:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun/Adjective (PPP used substantively)
Rootसुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press’ > ‘pressed’ soma)
तृम्पतम्be satisfied / take your fill
तृम्पतम्:
क्रिया (addressed to Vāyu; implied कर्म = सोम)
TypeVerb
Root√तृप् (तृप्/तृम्प्) ‘to satisfy, gladden’

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