Rig Veda 8.74.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.74
Devata: Agni (as giver of dyumna and victory over vṛtra)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सा द्युम्नैर्द्युम्निनी बृहदुपोप श्रवसि श्रवः । दधीत वृत्रतूर्ये ॥
Transliteration
sā́ dyumnáir dyumnínī bṛhád upópa śrávasi śrávaḥ | dádhīta vṛtratū́rye ||
Translation
Möge jene Eingebung, leuchtend von Leuchten, immer näher in unser Hören weiten Ruhm setzen—möge sie die sieghafte Kraft festhalten im Kampf gegen Vṛtra, im Durchbruch der Hemmung.
Word by Word
साshe (that one)
सा:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सा (स्त्री.)
द्यु॒म्नैःwith splendors / with glories
द्यु॒म्नैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु॒म्न (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यु॒म्निनी॑splendid, glory-bearing
द्यु॒म्निनी॑:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootद्यु॒म्निन् (प्रातिपदिक) → द्यु॒म्निनी (स्त्री.)
बृ॒हत्great (thing) / greatly
बृ॒हत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
उपो॑पclose up, near
उपो॑प:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप + उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय); संहितायां ‘उपोप’
श्रव॑सि॒in fame / in renown
श्रव॑सि॒:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रवःfame, renown
श्रवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दधी॑तmay (she/it) place / bestow
दधी॑त:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) ‘to put, place; bestow’
वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑in the Vṛtra-slaying contest / in the battle against Vṛtra
वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र-तूर्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक; तूर्य ‘overcoming/contest’)
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