Rig Veda 8.61.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 61, Mantra 14

Sukta 8.61

Devata: Indra (as Rādhaspati, Girvaṇas)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वं हि राधस्पते राधसो महः क्षयस्यासि विधतः । तं त्वा वयं मघवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणः सुतावन्तो हवामहे ॥

Transliteration

tváṃ hí rā́dhas-pate rā́dhaso maháḥ kṣáyasyaási vidhatáḥ | táṃ tvā vayáṃ maghavann índra girvaṇaḥ sutā́vanto havāmahe ||

Translation

Du bist wahrlich der Herr der Gabe des Glanzes, der wohnende Gebieter des großen Überflusses für den Opfernden. Darum rufen wir dich, mit gepresster Soma, an — o Maghavan Indra, der sich an den Liedern erfreut — auf dass du wirksam gegenwärtig seist.

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Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• राधस्पते: O lord of bounty
• राधस्पते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: राधस्-पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• राधसः: of bounty, of wealth
• राधसः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महः: of the great (one), of greatness
• महः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: महत्/महि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मह्’ in Vedic gen.sg.)

• क्षयस्य: of dwelling, of abode
• क्षयस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• विधतः: of the worshipper/ordainer
• विधतः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: विधत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धा/√धा ‘to place/arrange’ with vi-; ‘one who arranges/ordains, worshipper’)

• तम्: him, that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मघवन्: O bountiful one
• मघवन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिर्वणः: O lover of hymns/praise
• गिर्वणः: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: गिर्वणस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘praise-delighting’)

• सुतावन्तः: having pressed soma
• सुतावन्तः: Kartā (apposition to वयम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुत-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having soma pressed’)

• हवामहे: we invoke, we call
• हवामहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे (ह्वा) ‘to call, invoke’