Rig Veda 8.24.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 10

Sukta 8.24

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वृषस्व महामह महे नृतम राधसे । दृळ्हश्चिद्दृह्य मघवन्मघत्तये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.24.10

Transliteration

ā́ vṛṣasva mahāmaha mahé nṛtamá rā́dhase | dṛḷháś cid dṛhya maghavan magháttaye ||

Translation

Ströme aus, o großer Geber, zur großen, höchst mannhaften Gabe; und selbst was festgefügt ist, festige und mache es zur Stütze, o Maghavan, zum Anwachsen der Fülle.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, forth (towards)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• वृषस्व: be strong / bestow (vigor, bounty)!
• वृषस्व: Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष् (dhātu, ‘to rain/strengthen; be vigorous’)

• महामह: O very-great one!
• महामह: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: महामह (प्रातिपदिक; vocative epithet, ‘great-great one’)

• महे: for the great (end/benefit)
• महे: Sampradāna (dative of purpose/recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (adj. stem)

• नृतम: the most heroic / best of men
• नृतम: Karma (object/appositional object) / epithet of the addressed deity
• Type: Adjective/Epithet
• Root: नृतम (superlative epithet from नृ ‘man’ / ‘hero’; ‘most manly/best of men’)

• राधसे: for bounty, for a gift
• राधसे: Sampradāna (dative: ‘for/unto bounty’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (n. ‘gift, bounty, favor’)

• दृळ्हः: firm, strong
• दृळ्हः: Kartā (subject of the following verb)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृळ्ह (adj. ‘firm, strong’; from √दृंह/दृह् ‘to make firm’)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (particle)

• दृह्य: be firm! harden!
• दृह्य: Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृह् / दृंह् (dhātu ‘to be/make firm, to harden’)

• मघवन्: O bountiful one!
• मघवन्: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: मघवन् (prātipadika; epithet ‘bountiful one’, esp. Indra)

• मघत्तये: for generosity / for the act of giving
• मघत्तये: Sampradāna (dative of purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघत्तय (abstract noun from मघ ‘gift/bounty’ + -त्तय; ‘bountifulness, giving’)