Rig Veda 6.45.13: Mandala 6, Sukta 45, Mantra 13
Sukta 6.45
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभूरु वीर गिर्वणो महाँ इन्द्र धने हिते । भरे वितन्तसाय्यः ॥
Transliteration
ábhūr u vīra girvaṇo mahā́m̐ índra dháne hité | bháre vitantasā́yyaḥ ||
Translation
Du bist zum Helden geworden, o Gīrvāṇa, der am Gesang sich freut; groß, o Indra, ist deine Macht im liebgehegten Reichtum. Im Tragen der Last breitest du weit den sieghaften Vorstoß aus.
Word by Word
अभूःyou became / you were
अभूः:
(क्रिया) मुख्य क्रियापद
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
उindeed, surely
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
वीरO hero
वीर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
गिर्वणःO praised-by-hymns (Indra)
गिर्वणः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Epithet (vocative)
Rootगिर्वणस् (प्रातिपदिक)
महान्O great one
महान्:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
धनेin/at the prize, in the wealth (to be won)
धने:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक)
हितेset/appointed (there), destined
हिते:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootहित (√धा > धा-धातोः क्त; ‘placed, set’)
भरेin the battle, in the contest
भरे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootभर (प्रातिपदिक) / √भृ (to bear, bring) से सम्बन्धित
वितन्तसाय्यः(you,) the far-spreading helper / wide-extending ally
वितन्तसाय्यः:
कर्तृ (अभूः इत्यस्य कर्ता—सम्बोधितः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootवि-तन्त-साय्य (समास; √तन् ‘to stretch/spread’ + साय्य ‘aid/companionship’)
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