Rig Veda 8.62.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 62, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.62
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
गृणे तदिन्द्र ते शव उपमं देवतातये । यद्धंसि वृत्रमोजसा शचीपते भद्रा इन्द्रस्य रातयः ॥
Transliteration
gṛṇé tád índra te śáva úpamam devátātaye | yád háṃsi vṛtrám ójasā śacī-pate bhadrā́ índrasya rātáyaḥ ||
Translation
Ich preise und bezeuge dies, o Indra: deine unvergleichliche Kraft, zum Werden der göttlichen Mächte in uns; wenn du mit Macht Vṛtra erschlägst, o Herr der śacī, der lichtvollen Einsicht. Heilvoll sind Indras Gaben.
Word by Word
गृणेI praise / I sing (a hymn)
गृणे:
(वाक्ये) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√गॄ (गिर्/गृण् ‘स्तु’)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शवःmight, power
शवः:
Karma (as apposition to तत्)
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
उपमम्highest, most excellent
उपमम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootउपम (प्रातिपदिक)
देवतायतयेfor (your) divine status / for godhead
देवतायतये:
Sampradāna (purpose/for)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootदेवतायति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘देवत्व-प्राप्ति/देवतारूप-स्थिति’)
यत्which (that)
यत्:
Karma (correlative to तत्)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हंसिyou slay
हंसि:
(वाक्ये) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (हिंसागत्योः)
वृत्रम्Vṛtra (the obstructor)
वृत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ओजसाwith strength, by might
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
शचीपतेO lord of Śacī
शचीपते:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशचीपति (प्रातिपदिक; शची + पति)
भद्राःauspicious, good
भद्राः:
Kartā (of implied ‘are’)
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रातयःgifts, bestowals
रातयः:
Kartā (of implied ‘are’)
TypeNoun
Rootराति (प्रातिपदिक)
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