Rig Veda 8.13.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 16
Sukta 8.13
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रं वर्धन्तु नो गिर इन्द्रं सुतास इन्दवः । इन्द्रे हविष्मतीर्विशो अराणिषुः ॥
Transliteration
índraṃ vardhantu no gíra índraṃ sutā́sa índavaḥ | índre havíṣmatīr víśo arāṇiṣuḥ ||
Translation
Mögen unsere Lieder Indra mehren; mögen die ausgepressten Soma-Tropfen Indra mehren. In Indra mögen die opfertragenden Völker fest gegründet und geeint sein.
Word by Word
इन्द्रम्Indra (as the object of praise/invocation)
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्धन्तुlet (them) increase / strengthen
वर्धन्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (धातु)
नःof us / for us
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / सम्प्रदान (dative) संदर्भानुसार
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गिरःsongs, hymns, praises
गिरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतासःpressed (Soma-drops), the pressed (ones)
सुतासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press’)
इन्दवःSoma-drops
इन्दवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रेin/for Indra (with respect to Indra)
इन्द्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
हविष्मतीःhaving oblation, bringing offerings
हविष्मतीः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootहविष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
विशःclans, peoples, settlements
विशः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
अराणिषुःthey have fitted/arranged (for), have prepared (for Indra)
अराणिषुः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootरा/रि (धातु; Vedic aorist formation with preverb आ-)
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