Rig Veda 8.68.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 68, Mantra 15
Sukta 8.68
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऋज्राविन्द्रोत आ ददे हरी ऋक्षस्य सूनवि । आश्वमेधस्य रोहिता ॥
Transliteration
ṛjrā́ vindróta ā́ dade hárī íti ṛ́kṣasya sūnávi | āśvá-medhasya róhitā ||
Translation
Indra hat die beiden fahlbraunen Rosse verliehen — Kräfte leuchtender Bewegung — dem Sohn des Ṛkṣa, für das Aśvamedha: die rotgoldenen Mächte, die die Opfergabe vorwärts, nach innen tragen.
Word by Word
ऋज्राविR̥jrāvi (a name/epithet)
ऋज्रावि:
Kartā (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदसम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootऋज्रावि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऋज्र’ > ‘ऋज्रावि’)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
आtowards; forth (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
ददेhas given; bestowed
ददे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
हरीthe two bay horses
हरी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहरि- (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋक्षस्यof the bear / of Ṛkṣa (name)
ऋक्षस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: of …)
TypeNoun
Rootऋक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक)
सूनवेto the son
सूनवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु- (प्रातिपदिक)
आश्वमेधस्यof the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
आश्वमेधस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: of …)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्वमेध- (प्रातिपदिक)
रोहिताthe two reddish (ones)
रोहिता:
Kartā/विशेषण (हरीणाम् विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootरोहित- (प्रातिपदिक)
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