Rig Veda 5.38.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 38, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.38
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gayatri (probable for RV 5.38; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उरोष्ट इन्द्र राधसो विभ्वी रातिः शतक्रतो । अधा नो विश्वचर्षणे द्युम्ना सुक्षत्र मंहय ॥
Transliteration
uróṣṭa indra rā́dhaso vi-bhvī́ rātíḥ śatakrato | ádhā no viśva-carṣaṇe dyumnā́ su-kṣatra maṃhaya ||
Translation
Ancha, oh Indra, es tu abundancia; omnipresente es tu dádiva, oh de cien poderes. Entonces, para nosotros, oh conocedor de todos los linajes humanos, oh buen gobernante, acrecienta las fuerzas luminosas (dyumnā).
Word by Word
उरोष्टेthe broad (abundant) favor/aid
उरोष्टे:
कर्तृ (वाक्ये विषय/कर्ता-रूपेण) अथवा विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootउरु- (प्रातिपदिक ‘wide, broad’) + -ष्टि- (स्त्री. ‘praise/aid, favor’; RV usage) → उरोष्टि-
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र- (देवनाम, प्रातिपदिक)
राधसःof bounty / of wealth
राधसः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस्- (नपुं. ‘bounty, wealth, gift’)
विभ्वीall-pervading, widespread
विभ्वी:
विशेषण (कर्तृ/विषय-सम्बद्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-भू (धातु ‘to be, to become; to pervade’) → विभ्वी- (स्त्री. ‘pervading, all-encompassing’; adjectival)
रातिःa gift; giving
रातिः:
कर्तृ/विषय (समुच्चित-नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootरा (धातु ‘to give’) → राति- (स्त्री. ‘gift, giving, bounty’)
शतक्रतोO you of a hundred powers (Śatakratu)
शतक्रतो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशत- (‘hundred’) + क्रतु- (‘power, resolve, intelligence’) → शतक्रतु- (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
अधाthen; now
अधा:
सम्बन्ध/काल-निर्देश (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधा (अव्यय; ‘then, thereafter, now’)
नःof us; for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (our; for us—contextually beneficiary)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
विश्वचर्षणेO (lord) of all peoples
विश्वचर्षणे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootविश्व- (‘all’) + चर्षणि- (पुं. ‘men, peoples’; RV) → विश्वचर्षणि- (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
द्यु्म्नाsplendors; glories
द्यु्म्ना:
कर्म (यत् वर्ध्यते/प्रदीयते)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु्म्न- (नपुं. ‘splendor, glory, brilliance’)
सुक्षत्रO good ruler / of good dominion
सुक्षत्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootसु- (‘good’) + क्षत्र- (नपुं. ‘dominion, power; rule’) → सुक्षत्र- (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
मंहयmake (us) abundant; grant; enrich
मंहय:
क्रिया (आज्ञा/प्रार्थना)
TypeVerb
Rootमंह् (धातु; RV ‘to grant, to bestow, to make abundant’)
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