Rig Veda 8.61.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 61, Mantra 14
Sukta 8.61
Devata: Indra (as Rādhaspati, Girvaṇas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वं हि राधस्पते राधसो महः क्षयस्यासि विधतः । तं त्वा वयं मघवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणः सुतावन्तो हवामहे ॥
Transliteration
tváṃ hí rā́dhas-pate rā́dhaso maháḥ kṣáyasyaási vidhatáḥ | táṃ tvā vayáṃ maghavann índra girvaṇaḥ sutā́vanto havāmahe ||
Translation
أنتَ حقًّا سيِّدُ عطيّةِ الإشراق (رادهاس rādhas)، ومالكُ المقامِ لِعظيمِ الوفرةِ للمتعبِّد. فلذلك نحنُ، ومعنا سوما المعصور، ندعوك—يا مَغهافان إندرا، يا مُسَرَّ الأغاني—لتَحضُرَ بحضورٍ مُؤثِّرٍ مُعين.
Word by Word
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
राधस्पतेO lord of bounty
राधस्पते:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootराधस्-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
राधसःof bounty, of wealth
राधसः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
महःof the great (one), of greatness
महः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootमहत्/महि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मह्’ in Vedic gen.sg.)
क्षयस्यof dwelling, of abode
क्षयस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
— (copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
विधतःof the worshipper/ordainer
विधतः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootविधत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धा/√धा ‘to place/arrange’ with vi-; ‘one who arranges/ordains, worshipper’)
तम्him, that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
गिर्वणःO lover of hymns/praise
गिर्वणः:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootगिर्वणस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘praise-delighting’)
सुतावन्तःhaving pressed soma
सुतावन्तः:
Kartā (apposition to वयम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुत-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having soma pressed’)
हवामहेwe invoke, we call
हवामहे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वा) ‘to call, invoke’
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