Mantra 10
Sukta 8.24
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ वृषस्व महामह महे नृतम राधसे । दृळ्हश्चिद्दृह्य मघवन्मघत्तये ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
आ वृ॑षस्व महामह म॒हे नृ॑तम॒ राध॑से । दृ॒ळ्हश्चि॑द्दृह्य मघवन्म॒घत्त॑ये ॥
Transliteration
ā́ vṛṣasva mahāmaha mahé nṛtamá rā́dhase | dṛḷháś cid dṛhya maghavan magháttaye ||
Translation
Pour yourself forth, O great-giver, for the vast and most manful bounty. Even what is hard-set, make it firm and supportive, O Maghavan, for the increase of plenitude.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
आ । वृ॒ष॒स्व॒ । म॒हा॒ऽम॒ह॒ । म॒हे । नृ॒ऽत॒म॒ । राध॑से । दृ॒ळ्हः । चि॒त् । दृ॒ह्य॒ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । म॒घत्त॑ये ॥आ । वृषस्व । महामह । महे । नृतम । राधसे । दृळ्हः । चित् । दृह्य । मघवन् । मघत्तये ॥ā | vṛṣasva | mahāmaha | mahe | nṛ-tama | rādhase | dṛḷhaḥ | cit | dṛhya | magha-van | maghattaye
Word by Word
आhither, forth (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वृषस्वbe strong / bestow (vigor, bounty)!
वृषस्व:
Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootवृष् (dhātu, ‘to rain/strengthen; be vigorous’)
महामहO very-great one!
महामह:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootमहामह (प्रातिपदिक; vocative epithet, ‘great-great one’)
महेfor the great (end/benefit)
महे:
Sampradāna (dative of purpose/recipient)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (adj. stem)
नृतमthe most heroic / best of men
नृतम:
Karma (object/appositional object) / epithet of the addressed deity
TypeAdjective/Epithet
Rootनृतम (superlative epithet from नृ ‘man’ / ‘hero’; ‘most manly/best of men’)
राधसेfor bounty, for a gift
राधसे:
Sampradāna (dative: ‘for/unto bounty’)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (n. ‘gift, bounty, favor’)
दृळ्हःfirm, strong
दृळ्हः:
Kartā (subject of the following verb)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृळ्ह (adj. ‘firm, strong’; from √दृंह/दृह् ‘to make firm’)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (particle)
दृह्यbe firm! harden!
दृह्य:
Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootदृह् / दृंह् (dhātu ‘to be/make firm, to harden’)
मघवन्O bountiful one!
मघवन्:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootमघवन् (prātipadika; epithet ‘bountiful one’, esp. Indra)
मघत्तयेfor generosity / for the act of giving
मघत्तये:
Sampradāna (dative of purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootमघत्तय (abstract noun from मघ ‘gift/bounty’ + -त्तय; ‘bountifulness, giving’)