Rig Veda 8.82.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 82, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.82

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ त्वशत्रवा गहि न्युक्थानि च हूयसे । उपमे रोचने दिवः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ tv aśatravā́ gahi ny ùkthā́ni ca hūyase | upamé rocané diváḥ ||

Translation

Come, O thou without foe; thou art called by our hymns—take thy seat in the highest luminous realm of heaven.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards (here)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)

• त्वशत्रवा: O you whose foes are crushed / O foe-subduer
• त्वशत्रवा: Sambodhana (address to the deity)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: त्व-शत्रु (prātipadika; tatpuruṣa/bahuvrīhi sense)

• गहि: come!
• गहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• न्यु॒क्थानि: praise-songs; hymns (nyukthas)
• न्यु॒क्थानि: Karma (object of ‘you are invoked/are called’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यु॒क्थ (prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• हूयसे: you are invoked / called
• हूयसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे / हू (धातु: ‘to call, invoke’)

• उपमे: in the highest; in the uppermost (place)
• उपमे: Adhikaraṇa (location: ‘in/at the highest/uppermost’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: उपम (prātipadika)

• रोचने: in the shining realm / luminous space
• रोचने: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोचन (prātipadika)

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (prātipadika: dyu/div ‘sky, heaven’)