Rig Veda 8.6.18: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 18

Sukta 8.6

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य इन्द्र यतयस्त्वा भृगवो ये च तुष्टुवुः । ममेदुग्र श्रुधी हवम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.6.18

Transliteration

yá índra yátayas tvā bhṛ́gavo yé ca tuṣṭuvúḥ | mámed ùgra śrudhī́ hávam ||

Translation

يا إندرا، إنَّ الياتاياḥ الساعين، والبْهْرِغو (Bhṛgu)، والذين سبّحوك—اسمع ندائي حقًّا، يا شديد البأس؛ وأيقِظ فيَّ الآن تطلّعهم العتيق ليعمل حيًّا.

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• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (Sambodhana; addressed)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• यतयः: ascetics/strivers
• यतयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (prātipadika; from √यत् ‘to strive/discipline’)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• भृगवः: the Bhṛgus
• भृगवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (clan name)
• Root: भृगु (prātipadika)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• तुष्टुवुः: have praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (स्तवति) with intensive/reduplicated perfect stem तु-ष्टु-

• मम्: me
• मम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• इद्: indeed/just
• इद्: (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (avyaya/enclitic particle)

• उग्र: O mighty one
• उग्र: (Sambodhana; addressed)
• Type: Adjective (used vocatively)
• Root: उग्र (prātipadika)

• श्रुधि: hear!
• श्रुधि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (शृणोति)

• हवम्: invocation/call
• हवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (prātipadika; from √ह्वा/√हू ‘to call/invoke’)