Rig Veda 8.32.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.32
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
बृबदुक्थं हवामहे सृप्रकरस्नमूतये । साधु कृण्वन्तमवसे ॥
Transliteration
bṛbád uktháṃ havāmahe sṛprá-karasnam ūtáye | sā́dhu kṛṇvántam ávase ||
Translation
Wir rufen den weithin tönenden Herrn des Hymnus, den Starken von strahlender Kraft, zur Hilfe — ihn, der das Gute recht gestaltet zu unserem Schutz.
Word by Word
बृबदुक्थम्the lofty hymn (of praise)
बृबदुक्थम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootबृबद्-उक्थ (प्रातिपदिक; बृबद् = ‘महान्/उच्च’ + उक्थ ‘स्तुति/उक्थ’)
हवामहेwe invoke / we call upon
हवामहे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/हवते) ‘आह्वान/आह्वय’
सुप्रकरस्नम्the strong-armed / well-armed one
सुप्रकरस्नम्:
कर्म (हवामहे इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसुप्र-करस्न (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः; सुप्र ‘सु-प्र’ + करस्न ‘भुज/हस्त-सम्बद्ध, शक्तिमान्’)
ऊतयेfor help / for protection
ऊतये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) ‘सहायता/रक्षा’
साधुwell / rightly
साधु:
(क्रिया-विशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial)
Rootसाधु (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रयोग) ‘भद्रम्/सम्यक्’
कृण्वन्तम्doing / accomplishing
कृण्वन्तम्:
कर्म (हवामहे इत्यस्य; यं हवामहे)
TypeParticiple
Root√कृ (कृणोति) ‘करोति’ → कृण्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अवसेfor aid / for succour
अवसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (नपुं./पुं. प्रातिपदिक) ‘सहायता/रक्षा’
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