Rig Veda 1.10.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 10, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.10

Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.1–1.11; RV 1.10 commonly ascribed to him)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; standard for many Indra hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उक्थमिन्द्राय शंस्यं वर्धनं पुरुनिष्षिधे । शक्रो यथा सुतेषु णो रारणत्सख्येषु च ॥

Transliteration

ukthám índrāya śáṃsyaṃ várdhanaṃ puruniṣṣídhe | śakró yáthā sutéṣu no rāránat sakhyéṣu ca ||

Translation

ইন্দ্ৰৰ বাবে উক্থ—ঘোষণা কৰিবলৈ যোগ্য—বহু-সাধনকাৰী শক্তিৰ বল-বৃদ্ধি। যেন শক্তিমানজন আমাৰ ঢালা সোম-শক্তিসমূহত আনন্দ পায়, আৰু আমাৰ সখ্য-কৰ্মসমূহতো।

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• उक्थम्: hymn; praise-song
• उक्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ (प्रातिपदिक; √वच्/√उच्-सम्बद्ध ‘स्तुति/उच्चारण’)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शंस्यम्: praiseworthy; to be lauded
• शंस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंस्य (√शंस् ‘to praise’ से; विशेषण)

• वर्धनम्: increasing; strengthening (song)
• वर्धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्धन (√वृध् ‘to grow/increase’ से; भाव/साधन-नाम)

• पुरुनिष्षिधे: to the much-repelling/oft-warding (Indra)
• पुरुनिष्षिधे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पुरु-निष्षिध (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘many’ + निष्षिध ‘restraint/repulse/warding off’)

• शक्रः: the Mighty one (Indra)
• शक्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mighty’)

• यथा: as; just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सुतेषु: among the pressed (Soma-juices); at the Soma-pressings
• सुतेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (√सु ‘to press (Soma)’; क्त-प्रत्यय)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• रारणत्: he delighted; he gave joy
• रारणत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रा/√रम् (वेदिक ‘to delight, give joy’; धातु-रूपम्)

• सख्येषु: in friendships; in alliances
• सख्येषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (सखि-सम्बद्ध; ‘friendship’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च