Rig Veda 8.61.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 61, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.61
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अविप्रो वा यदविधद्विप्रो वेन्द्र ते वचः । स प्र ममन्दत्त्वाया शतक्रतो प्राचामन्यो अहंसन ॥
Transliteration
aviprò vā́ yád ávidhad víprō vā índra té vácaḥ | sá prá mamandat tvāyā́ śatakrato prācāmányo áhaṃsan ||
Translation
سواءٌ أكان غيرُ مُستنيرٍ قد صاغه، أم كان رِشيًّا—يا إندرا—فإنّ هذا القولَ لك: قد أبهجَ وقوّى مَن تقدّمَتْ نفسُه نحوكَ، يا شاتاكْراتو؛ وجعلَه غالبًا على «الأنا»—راسخَ التملّكِ لذاته.
Word by Word
अविप्रःnon-poet / not (yet) a seer
अविप्रः:
कर्तृ (विप्रः/कवि-स्वरूपः कर्ता)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअ- + विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor / indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अविधत्he arranged / he set forth / he performed
अविधत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धा धारणे/विधाने) with preverb अव-
विप्रःthe inspired poet / seer
विप्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वand / indeed
व:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootव (निपात; enclitic)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वचःspeech / utterance / hymn
वचः:
कर्म (उक्तं/रचितं वचनम्)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth / forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ममन्दत्he rejoiced / became exhilarated
ममन्दत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मन्द् (मन्दे/मदने ‘to rejoice, be exhilarated’)
त्वायfor you
त्वाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शतक्रतोO hundred-powered (Indra)
शतक्रतो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि)
प्राचामन्यःhaving sipped beforehand / after sipping (ritually)
प्राचामन्यः:
कर्तृ (सः … प्राचामन्यः)
TypeAdjective (kṛdanta-based)
Rootप्र + आ + √चम्/चम (आचमने ‘to sip’) → प्राचामन्य (कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अहंसनthey struck / they slew
अहंसन:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (हन हिंसायाम्) with preverb अहम्-? (वैदिक रूप: ‘अहंसन्’ = ‘they slew’/‘they struck’)
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