Rig Veda 8.3.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 3, Mantra 15
Sukta 8.3
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (probable)
Devata: Indra (hymn-power directed to him; verse focuses on stoma/gir)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उदु त्ये मधुमत्तमा गिरः स्तोमास ईरते । सत्राजितो धनसा अक्षितोतयो वाजयन्तो रथा इव ॥
Transliteration
úd u tyé mádhu-mattamā gíraḥ stomā́sa īrate | satrā́-jito dhanásā akṣítotayo vājayánto ráthā iva ||
Translation
Empor steigen jene Reden, übervoll von honigsüßer Wonne; die Hymnen drängen hervor. Allzeit siegreich, den Schatz gewinnend, mit unversiegenden Hilfen treiben sie den Vāja voran wie Wagen, die vorwärtsstürmen.
Word by Word
उत्up, forth
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग) / ud-
उindeed, just
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात) / u
त्येthose
त्ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / tad
मधुमत्तमाःmost honeyed / sweetest
मधुमत्तमाः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् / madhumat
गिरःsongs, hymns
गिरः:
Kartā (समुच्चितः)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्री) / gir
स्तोमासःpraises, laudations
स्तोमासः:
Kartā (समुच्चितः)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (पुं) / stoma
ईरतेare set in motion / arise / are uttered
ईरते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootईर् / īr (ईरणे ‘to set in motion, raise, utter’)
सत्राजितःever-victorious / winning in the session
सत्राजितः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्राजित् (पुं) / satrājit
धनसाwith wealth
धनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधन (नपुं) / dhana
अक्षितोतयःwhose help is un-decaying / unfailing in aid
अक्षितोतयः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षित-ऊति (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुषाधारित प्रातिपदिक) / akṣita-ūti
वाजयन्तःimpelling to the prize / making (them) win
वाजयन्तः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Rootवाजय् (नामधातु/धातु) / vājaya (to make win, to speed, to strengthen for prize) अथवा वाजयन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
रथाःchariots
रथाः:
Kartā (उपमान-सम्बन्धे)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (पुं) / ratha
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (उपमा-निपात) / iva
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