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Rig Veda 1.175.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 175, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.175

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

शुष्मिन्तमो हि ते मदो द्युम्निन्तम उत क्रतुः । वृत्रघ्ना वरिवोविदा मंसीष्ठा अश्वसातमः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.175.5

śuṣmíntamo hí te mádo dyumníntama utá krátūḥ | vṛtrá-ghnā varivo-vidā maṃsī́ṣṭhā áśva-sā́tamaḥ ||

For thy ecstasy is the most full of might, and thy will the most full of luminous power. O slayer of Vṛtra, knower of the wide path, become in us the best thinker and the best winner of energies—so the right wideness may be found.

शुष्मिन्तमःmost powerful
शुष्मिन्तमः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धः; ‘मदः’ इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुष्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक; शुष्म ‘बल’ + -इन्)
हिindeed, for
हि:
सम्बन्ध/हेतु-प्रदर्शक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
मदःintoxication; exhilaration (soma-rapture)
मदः:
कर्तृ (वाक्य-विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यु्म्निन्तमःmost glorious, most splendid
द्यु्म्निन्तमः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धः; ‘मदः’ इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्यु्म्निन् (प्रातिपदिक; द्यु्म्न ‘तेजस्/यशस्’ + -इन्)
उतand also
उत:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
क्रतुःresolve; power of will; ritual intelligence
क्रतुः:
कर्तृ (समुच्चितः; ‘मदः’ सह)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रघ्नाVṛtra-slayer
वृत्रघ्ना:
सम्बोधन/विशेषण (इन्द्रम् प्रति)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्रघ्न (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + घ्न ‘हन्’ धातोः)
वरिवोविदाfinder/procurer of wide space (favor, room)
वरिवोविदा:
सम्बोधन/विशेषण (इन्द्रम् प्रति)
TypeAdjective
Rootवरिवोविद् (प्रातिपदिक; वरिवस् ‘विस्तार/अवकाश/कृपा’ + विद् ‘जानाति/विन्दति’)
मंसीष्ठाःmay you intend/think (to grant); be minded
मंसीष्ठाः:
क्रिया (आह्वान/आशीः; कर्ता = त्वम्/इन्द्रः)
TypeVerb
Rootमंस्/मन् (धातु; ‘मन्यते/मंसते’—वेदिक ‘सोच/इच्छ’), desiderative/benedictive formation मंसीष्
अश्वसातमःbest giver/winner of horses
अश्वसातमः:
सम्बोधन/विशेषण (इन्द्रम् प्रति; ‘त्वम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्वसातम (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व + साति ‘प्राप्ति/लाभ’ < √सा/सन् ‘to win/gain’ + -तम)

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