Rig Veda 8.15.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 15, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.15
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तं ते मदं गृणीमसि वृषणं पृत्सु सासहिम् । उ लोककृत्नुमद्रिवो हरिश्रियम् ॥
Transliteration
táṃ te mádaṃ gṛṇīmasi vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ pṛtsú sāsahím | ū́ lokakṛ́tnum adrivo hariśríyam ||
Translation
Wir besingen deinen Madhu-Rausch, die Stierkraft, die in den Kämpfen siegt. O Steinträger, der du die Welten vollendest, komm im Glanz der fahlen Rosse; richte die volle Ordnung unserer inneren Bereiche auf.
Word by Word
तम्him / that one
तम्:
कर्म (गृणीमसि इति क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (मदं ते = ‘thy exhilaration’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मदम्exhilaration, intoxication (soma-rapture)
मदम्:
कर्म (गृणीमसि—‘we sing/praise’)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
गृणीमसिwe praise / we sing
गृणीमसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगृ (धातु; स्तुतौ/गिरा स्तुतौ)
वृषणम्the bull, the mighty/virile one
वृषणम्:
कर्म (तम्…वृषणम्—‘him, the bull/virile one’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
पृत्सुin battles
पृत्सु:
अधिकरण (युद्धेषु)
TypeNoun
Rootपृत्/पृत्स् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘battle, contest’)
सासहिम्overcoming, victorious
सासहिम्:
कर्म (तम्…सासहिम्)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootसह् (धातु; ‘to overcome’) → सासहि- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, परिपूर्ण/तीव्र-भावे)
उindeed, verily
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
लोककृत्नुम्world-pervading, all-encompassing
लोककृत्नुम्:
कर्म (तम्…लोककृत्नुम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootलोक + कृत्नु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘world-wide/throughout the world’, ‘all-encompassing’)
अद्रिवोO stone-armed/stone-pressing one (Indra)
अद्रिवो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootअद्रिवन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having stones/press-stones’, epithet of Indra)
हरिश्रियम्adorned with the tawny steeds; splendid with Hari
हरिश्रियम्:
कर्म (तम्…हरिश्रियम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootहरि + श्री (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘having the splendour of the tawny steeds’ / ‘adorned with Hari’)
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