Mantra 10
Sukta 70
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्र वाजेषु नोऽव सहस्रप्रधनेषु च । उग्र उग्राभिरूतिभिः
IAST Transliteration
índra vā́jeṣu no ’va sahásra-pradhaneṣu ca | ugrá ugrā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O Indra, help us in the prize-contests, and in the thousand-stake encounters; thou fierce one, with thy fierce succors.
Word by Word
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजेषुin contests/prizes (in battles for booty)
वाजेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवdown; (as preverb) in aid/protection
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/निपात)
सहस्रप्रधनेषुin thousandfold battles/contests
सहस्रप्रधनेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-compound
Rootसहस्र-प्रधन (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘सहस्रं प्रधनं येषु’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
उग्रःfierce, mighty
उग्रः:
कर्तृ (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उग्राभिःwith fierce
उग्राभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतिभिःhelps, protections, aids
ऊतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic seer per RV parallel.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (shorter cadence; as transmitted here)
Mantra Rasa
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