Rig Veda 8.24.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.24
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वानि विश्वमनसो धिया नो वृत्रहन्तम । उग्र प्रणेतरधि षू वसो गहि ॥
Transliteration
viśvā́ni viśvámanaso dhiyā́ no vṛtrahantama | úgra pranetár ádhi ṣú vaso gahi ||
Translation
يا أشدَّ قاتلي فِرِترا، بفكرِنا الشاملِ للكلّ نريدُ أن نُمسكَ كلَّ الأشياء. يا قائدًا عاتيًا، تعالَ إلى هنا؛ اجلسْ على ثرواتِنا وثبِّتها فينا.
Word by Word
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वमनसःof (you) whose mind is all-embracing / all-minded
विश्वमनसः:
Sambandha (genitive epithet)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used as epithet)
Rootविश्व-मनस् (समास; मनस् < √मन् ‘to think’)
धियाwith (our) thought / by devotion
धिया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (स्त्री; < √धी ‘to think, perceive’)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वृत्रहन्तमthe Vṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहन्तम:
Karma
TypeAdjective (accusative epithet)
Rootवृत्र-हन् (कृदन्त; हन् < √हन् ‘to slay’)
उग्रO mighty one
उग्र:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रणेतःO leader / guide
प्रणेतः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/Agent (vocative)
Rootप्र-नी (कृदन्त; √नी ‘to lead’)
अधिupon, over; in addition
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa (prepositional)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
सूindeed, just, now
सू:
(particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु/सू (निपात; Vedic emphatic particle)
वसोO good one / O benefactor
वसो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
गहिcome!
गहि:
(addressed action)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् ‘to go, come’
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