Rig Veda 8.92.7 — Mandala 8, Sukta 92, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.92

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्यमु वः सत्रासाहं विश्वासु गीर्ष्वायतम् । आ च्यावयस्यूतये ॥

Transliteration

tyámu vaḥ satrā-sā́haṃ víśvāsu gī́rṣv ā́yatam | ā́ cyā́vayasy ū́taye ||

Translation

Jene, stets siegreiche Macht rufen wir euch an — er komme in all unseren inspirierten Worten; zieht ihn heran zu unserem Schutz und inneren Beistand.

Word by Word

• त्यम्: that (one), him
• त्यम्: कर्म (object of implied praise/aiming: ‘that one/him’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्य (enclitic/poetic demonstrative stem)

• उ: indeed, just
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• वः: of you, your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (possessive relation: ‘your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• सत्रासाहम्: ever-victorious, always-conquering
• सत्रासाहम्: विशेषण (qualifier of the object ‘him’)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सत्रा (अव्यय ‘always, altogether’) + साह (प्रातिपदिक from √सह ‘to overcome, be strong’) → सत्रासाह (compound)

• विश्वासु: in all
• विश्वासु: अधिकरण (location/sphere)
• Type: Adjective used substantively
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• गीर्षु: in (the) songs, hymns
• गीर्षु: अधिकरण (in/among the songs)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर्/गिर् (स्त्री. ‘song, hymn, praise’)

• आयतम्: directed/aimed (toward), extended
• आयतम्: विशेषण (qualifier: ‘directed/aimed/extended’)
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति) with preverb आ-; past passive participle आयत (extended, stretched; also ‘directed/aimed’)

• आ: hither, forth; (as preverb) to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• च्यावयसि: you bring/impel (hither)
• च्यावयसि: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√च्यु (च्यवति ‘to move, set in motion, cause to come’) → causative/denominative-like present ‘च्यावय-’

• स्यूतये: for help, for assistance
• स्यूतये: सम्प्रदान (purpose/beneficiary: ‘for aid’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्यूतिः (स्त्री. ‘sewing; binding; joining; help/aid’ in Vedic usage) from √स्यु/√सिव् ‘to sew, bind’