Rig Veda 8.32.11: Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 11
Sukta 8.32
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यः संस्थे चिच्छतक्रतुरादीं कृणोति वृत्रहा । जरितृभ्यः पुरूवसुः ॥
Transliteration
yáḥ saṃsthé cíc chatákratur ā́d ī́ṃ kṛṇóti vṛtrahā́ | jaritṛ́bhyaḥ purūvásuḥ ||
Translation
যি শতিক্ৰতু, বৃত্ৰহা—স্থিৰ অৱস্থাতো হঠাতে পথ উন্মুক্ত কৰে; স্তুতিগায়ক জৰিতৃসকলৰ বাবে সি বহু ধন-সম্পদৰ দাতা হয়।
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-कर्ता; यः = सः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
संस्थेstands firm / is established
संस्थे:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-स्था (√स्था)
चित्even / indeed
चित्:
(वाक्य-प्रयोगे बल/अपि-अर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
शतक्रतुःŚatakratu (Indra, ‘of a hundred powers/rites’)
शतक्रतुः:
Kartā (यः… शतक्रतुः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootशत-क्रतु (बहुव्रीहि-प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
आदीम्straightaway / from the very beginning
आदीम्:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/क्रम-निर्देशः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदीम् (अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक)
कृणोतिmakes / does
कृणोति:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहा:
Kartā (शतक्रतुः… वृत्रहा)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootवृत्र-हन् (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि; इन्द्रस्य नाम)
जरितृभ्यःto the singers/praisers
जरितृभ्यः:
Sampradāna (दातृ-लाभार्थम्)
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (√जॄ/जर् ‘स्तुतौ’ से कर्तृ-नाम; ‘स्तुतिकर्ता’)
पुरूवसुःPurūvasu (Indra, ‘having much wealth’)
पुरूवसुः:
Kartā (यः… पुरूवसुः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootपुरु-वसु (बहुव्रीहि-प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
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Chanting Notes
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