Rig Veda 8.37.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 37, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.37

Rishi: Not specified in the provided excerpt; within RV 8.37 Indra hymn tradition (Anukramaṇī typically assigns to a specific seer family for the sukta)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Jagatī (likely; recurring refrain with mādhyandina-savana)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रेदं ब्रह्म वृत्रतूर्येष्वाविथ प्र सुन्वतः शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः । माध्यंदिनस्य सवनस्य वृत्रहन्ननेद्य पिबा सोमस्य वज्रिवः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.37.1

Transliteration

prédáṃ bráhma vṛtra-tū́ryeṣv āvitha prá sunvatáḥ śacī-pate índra víśvābhir ū́tibhiḥ | mādhyáṃdinasya sávanasya vṛtra-hann anédya píbā sómasya vajrivaḥ ||

Translation

Vorwärts dieses brahman, diese mantrische Kraft: du hast ihr in den Vṛtra-Schlachten geholfen; vorwärts den Soma-Pressenden, o Indra, Herr der Fülle, mit all deinen Hilfen. Beim Mittags-Pressopfer, o Vṛtrahan, Makelloser, trink vom Soma, o Vajrin, Träger des Vajra.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (object of √अव)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ब्रह्म: sacred formulation, hymn/prayer
• ब्रह्म: Karma (object of √अव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (prātipadika)

• वृत्रतूर्येषु: in the Vṛtra-battles/contests
• वृत्रतूर्येषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्रतूर्य (prātipadika: वृत्र + तूर्य)

• आविथ: you have helped/protected
• आविथ: Kriyā (with implied kartā = त्वम् इन्द्रः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अव् (अव्/अवति) + आ-

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सुन्वतः: of the Soma-presser
• सुन्वतः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (with उतीभिः / or with implied यजमान)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √सु (सुनोति) → सुन्वत् (present active participle)

• शचीपतॆ: O lord of power/skill (Indra)
• शचीपतॆ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: शचीपति (prātipadika)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• विश्वाभिः: with all
• विश्वाभिः: Karaṇa (with ऊतिभिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• ऊतिभिः: helps, aids
• ऊतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (prātipadika)

• माध्यंदिनस्य: of the midday
• माध्यंदिनस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (with सवनस्य)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: माध्यंदिन (prātipadika)

• सवनस्य: of the pressing/oblation (Soma-pressing)
• सवनस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (with सोमस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (prātipadika)

• वृत्रहन्: O slayer of Vṛtra
• वृत्रहन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रहन् (prātipadika)

• अनेद्य: O blameless/irreproachable one
• अनेद्य: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेद्य (prātipadika; a- + नेद्य)

• पिब: drink
• पिब: Kriyā (addressed to Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पिबति)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Karma (genitive with verb of drinking)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• वज्रिवः: O wielder of the vajra
• वज्रिवः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वज्रिन् (prātipadika)