Rig Veda 8.2.42 — Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 42

Sukta 8.2

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; Kaṇvāḥ)

Devata: Indra (with attendant powers/Marut-like allies implied by plural ‘tye’)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत सु त्ये पयोवृधा माकी रणस्य नप्त्या । जनित्वनाय मामहे ॥

Transliteration

utá sú tyé payo-vṛ́dhā mākī́ raṇásya náp̄tyā | jani-tvanā́ya mamahe ||

Translation

وكذلك أولئك أيضًا—مُكثِّرو اللبن (حلاوةَ التغذية)—ليسوا أبدًا ناقصين في سلالةِ الفرحِ والقتال؛ ولأجلِ قوّةِ «الصيرورة» (الميلادِ الجديد) نعظّمُه ونستدعيه.

Word by Word

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (avyaya)

• सु: indeed, well
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (avyaya)

• त्ये: those (they)
• त्ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• पयोवृधा: milk-/nourishment-increasing, fostering
• पयोवृधा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस् + वृध (समास; prātipadika)

• माकी: not at all, by no means
• माकी: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा + की (निषेधार्थ निपात; वैदिक)

• रणस्य: of battle, of combat
• रणस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (prātipadika)

• नप्त्या: by/with (their) grandsonship/descendant-status
• नप्त्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नप्त्य (prātipadika)

• जनित्वनाय: for begetting/birth, for generation
• जनित्वनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनित्वन (kṛdanta/prātipadika from √जन्)

• मामहे: we invoke/entreat; we seek (to obtain)
• मामहे: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मंह्/√मह् (वैदिक: मामहे)