Rig Veda 8.13.15 — Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 15
Sukta 8.13
Devata: Indra (Śakra, Vṛtrahan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यच्छक्रासि परावति यदर्वावति वृत्रहन् । यद्वा समुद्रे अन्धसोऽवितेदसि ॥
Transliteration
yác chakrā́si parāváti yád arvāváti vṛtrahan | yád vā samudré ándhaso’vitéd asi ||
Translation
سواءٌ أكنتَ بعيدًا أم قريبًا في المتناول، يا قاتلَ فِرِترا؛ أو أكنتَ في محيطِ البهجة—فإنك حقًّا المُعين.
Word by Word
यत्when/where/that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
शक्रO Śakra (Indra)
शक्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootशक्र (prātipadika)
असिthou art
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (dhātu ‘to be’)
परावतौin the far distance / in a far region
परावतौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (locative of place)
Rootपरावत् (prātipadika)
यत्when/where
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अर्वावतौin the region of the horse / in a horse-rich place
अर्वावतौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (locative of place)
Rootअर्वावत् (prātipadika)
वृत्रहन्O Vṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृत्रहन् (prātipadika)
यत्when/where
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (nipāta)
समुद्रेin the sea / in the ocean
समुद्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (prātipadika)
अन्धसःof the Soma-juice / of the draught
अन्धसः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (prātipadika)
अवितhelper, protector
अवित:
Kartā (predicative agent: ‘thou as helper’)
TypeParticiple (agent noun)
Rootअवि (kṛdanta from √अव् ‘to help, protect’)
इद्indeed, just
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (nipāta)
असिthou art
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (dhātu ‘to be’)
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