Rig Veda 10.84.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 84, Mantra 5

Sukta 10.84

Rishi: Manyu-cycle voice (traditional attribution uncertain)

Devata: Manyu (Indra-like victory maker)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विजेषकृदिन्द्र इवानवब्रवोऽस्माकं मन्यो अधिपा भवेह । प्रियं ते नाम सहुरे गृणीमसि विद्मा तमुत्सं यत आबभूथ ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.84.5

Transliteration

vijeṣakṛ́d índra ivānavabravó ’smā́kaṃ manyo adhipā́ bhavéha | priyáṃ te nā́ma sahure gṛṇīmasi vidmá tám utsáṃ yáta ābabhū́tha ||

Translation

Sieghervorbringer wie Indra, unfehlbar im Wort—sei hier unser Oberherr, o Manyu. Deinen lieben Namen preisen wir, o Unwiderstehlicher; wir kennen die Quelle, aus der du hervorgegangen bist.

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Word by Word

• विजेषकृत्: victory-maker, causing victory
• विजेषकृत्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + जि (धातु) → जेष (कृदन्त-आधार) + कृ (धातु)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• अनवब्रवः: not a reviler; not speaking ill (of us)
• अनवब्रवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन- + अवब्रव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘speaking down/abusing’ → ‘reviler’)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मन्यः: wrath, battle-fury (personified)
• मन्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधिपाः: overlord, protector
• अधिपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधि-पा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘over-lord/guardian’)

• भव: be (become)!
• भव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहुरे: to the mighty one (to the overpowering one)
• सहुरे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहुरि/सहुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mighty/overpowering’)

• गृणीमसि: we praise, we sing
• गृणीमसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृ (धातु; ‘to sing/praise’)

• विद्म: we know
• विद्म: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; ‘to know’)

• तम्: him; that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• उत्सम्: spring, source
• उत्सम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which, that
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• आ: towards, unto (prefix)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• बभूथ: you have become; you came to be
• बभूथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)