Rig Veda 8.13.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 23

Sukta 8.13

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत ते सुष्टुता हरी वृषणा वहतो रथम् । अजुर्यस्य मदिन्तमं यमीमहे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.13.23

Transliteration

utá te súṣṭutā hárī vṛ́ṣaṇā vahato rátham | ajúryasya madíntamaṃ yám ī́mahe ||

Translation

And thy two well-praised tawny powers, the strong ones, bear the chariot—of the unfailing Lord—most intoxicating in delight, whom we seek to draw near.

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Word by Word

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुष्टुता: well-uttered praise
• सुष्टुता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + स्तु (√स्तु ‘to praise’) → सुष्टुता (स्तुतिः)

• हरी: the two bay steeds (of Indra)
• हरी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषणा: the two strong/virile ones
• वृषणा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहतः: they carry / convey
• वहतः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति ‘to carry, convey’)

• रथम्: the chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजुर्यस्य: of the unaging/unyielding one
• अजुर्यस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजुर्य (प्रातिपदिक; a- + जुर्य ‘decaying/weakening’)

• मदिन्तमम्: the most exhilarating / most intoxicated (one)
• मदिन्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √मद् ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’) + तमप्

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईम: indeed, just
• ईम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (निपात/अव्यय)

• महे: we worship / we honor
• महे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (महे ‘to honor, to worship’)