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Rig Veda 10.73.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 73, Mantra 1

Sukta 10.73

Rishi: Likely Gaurivīti Śāktya (traditional Anukramaṇī attribution for RV 10.73; verify against specific śākhā lists)
Devata: Indra (with Maruts as auxiliaries)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

जनिष्ठा उग्रः सहसे तुराय मन्द्र ओजिष्ठो बहुलाभिमानः । अवर्धन्निन्द्रं मरुतश्चिदत्र माता यद्वीरं दधनद्धनिष्ठा ॥

jániṣṭhā ugráḥ sáhase turā́ya mandró ójiṣṭho bahulā́bhimānaḥ | ávardhann índraṃ marútaś cid átra mātā́ yád vīráṃ dádhanad dhániṣṭhā ||

উগ্ৰ ইন্দ্ৰ জনিল—সহসৰ বাবে, তুৰা (দ্ৰুত-বিজয়ী) শক্তিৰ নিমিত্তে; মন্দ্ৰ, অতি-ওজস্বী, বহুবিধ বিস্তাৰত আত্মবিশ্বাসী। ইয়াত মৰুতসকলেও ইন্দ্ৰক বৃদ্ধি কৰিলে, যেতিয়া মাতা বীৰক স্থাপন কৰিলে—সত্তাৰ ভিতৰত ধনিষ্ঠা, বলৰ ধন, স্থিৰ কৰি দিলে।

जनि॑ष्ठाःmost-born / pre-eminently born (epithet)
जनि॑ष्ठाः:
सम्बोधन/कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootजनि (√जन्) / जनिṣ्ठ (superlative stem)
उ॒ग्रःfierce, mighty
उ॒ग्रः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र
सह॑सेfor strength / for might
सह॑से:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्
तु॒राय॑for the swift one / for the impetuous
तु॒राय॑:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootतुर
म॒न्द्रःgladdening, exhilarating
म॒न्द्रः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द्र
ओजि॑ष्ठःstrongest, most vigorous
ओजि॑ष्ठः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootओजस् → ओजिṣ्ठ (superlative stem)
बहु॒लाभि॑मानःhaving abundant self-confidence / much-proud
बहु॒लाभि॑मानः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुल + अभिमान (अभि-√मन्) / अभिमानिन्
अव॑र्धन्they increased, they made grow
अव॑र्धन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृध्
इन्द्रं॑Indra
इन्द्रं॑:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
म॒रुतःthe Maruts
म॒रुतः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्
चि॒त्even, indeed
चि॒त्:
सम्बन्ध/बलवाचक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
अत्र॑here
अत्र॑:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
मा॒ताthe mother
मा॒ता:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
यत्when / since / that
यत्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeIndeclinable (relative)
Rootयद्
वी॒रंthe hero
वी॒रं:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
द॒धन॑त्she placed, she set
द॒धन॑त्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा
धनि॑ष्ठाmost bountiful / most prosperous (epithet)
धनि॑ष्ठा:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (of ‘माता’)
TypeAdjective (used as epithet)
Rootधनिष्ठ (superlative stem; from धन/√धन् ‘to sound’ or धन ‘wealth’ per tradition)

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