Rig Veda 8.16.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 16, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.16
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (Mandala 8 ascription; specific rishi not provided in input)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Unknown (not inferable securely from provided excerpt alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रो ब्रह्मेन्द्र ऋषिरिन्द्रः पुरू पुरुहूतः । महान्महीभिः शचीभिः ॥
Transliteration
índro brahméndra ṛ́ṣir índraḥ purū́ puruhūtáḥ | mahā́n mahī́bhiḥ śácībhiḥ ||
Translation
إندرا هو البَرَهْمَنُ—الكلمةُ المقدّسة—وهو أيضًا الرِّشي، الرائي. إندرا غزيرٌ، كثيرُ النداء. عظيمٌ هو بقُواه الشَّتشي (śacī)، قوى الإرادة الفاعلة.
Word by Word
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मsacred utterance; prayer; brahman
ब्रह्म:
कर्तृ (समनाधिकरण/विशेषण-भावे)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषिःseer; ṛṣi
ऋषिः:
कर्तृ (समनाधिकरण/विशेषण-भावे)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरूmuch; many; abundant
पुरू:
कर्तृ (समनाधिकरण/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुहूतःmuch-invoked; often called upon
पुरुहूतः:
कर्तृ (समनाधिकरण/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootपुरुहूत (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास: पुरु + हूत < √ह्वे/हू ‘आह्वाने’)
महान्great
महान्:
कर्तृ (समनाधिकरण/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
महीभिःwith great (powers/forces); with mights
महीभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक)
शचीभिःwith powers; with effective skills/energies
शचीभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशची (प्रातिपदिक)
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