Rig Veda 8.24.27: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 27

Sukta 8.24

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires pada-length verification against a metrical index)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य ऋक्षादंहसो मुचद्यो वार्यात्सप्त सिन्धुषु । वधर्दासस्य तुविनृम्ण नीनमः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.24.27

Transliteration

yá ṛ́kṣād áṃhaso mucád yó vā ā́ryāt saptá síndhuṣu | vádhar dāsásya tuvinṛmṇa nīnamaḥ ||

Translation

أنتَ الذي تُطلِقُ من قبضةِ الكرب، والذي يصونُ قوّةَ الآريا في الأنهارِ السبعة (سَبتا سِندهو). وأنتَ قاتلُ الداسا—يا عظيمَ الرجولةِ والقوّة—لكَ ننحني، وإليكَ نُسلِّمُ سَعْيَنا.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋक्षात्: from the bear / from the (wild) beast
• ऋक्षात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अंहसः: of distress, of sin, of trouble
• अंहसः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुचत्: releases, frees
• मुचत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वार्यात्: from the desirable/precious (thing), from peril/need (contextual)
• वार्यात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वार्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be chosen/desired’, ‘valuable’)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्त (संख्या)

• सिन्धुषु: in the rivers/streams
• सिन्धुषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वधः: slaying, killing
• वधः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)

• दासस्य: of the Dāsa (enemy/hostile)
• दासस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुविनृम्ण: O mighty-one of great manly power
• तुविनृम्ण: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: तुवि-नृम्ण (प्रातिपदिक; bahuvrīhi/compound epithet)

• नीनमः: we bow, we do obeisance
• नीनमः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु) → नीनम (intensive/reduplicated present stem)