Rig Veda 8.45.20: Mandala 8, Sukta 45, Mantra 20

Sukta 8.45

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ त्वा रम्भं न जिव्रयो ररभ्मा शवसस्पते । उश्मसि त्वा सधस्थ आ ॥

Transliteration

ā́ tvā rambháṃ ná jivrā́yo rarabhmá śavasas-pate | uśmási tvā sadhástha ā́ ||

Translation

Te hemos asido como se asienta uno en un apoyo, oh Señor de la fuerza; te anhelamos aquí, en el asiento común del ser.

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Word by Word

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

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• रम्भम्: support/prop, staff; (as simile) ‘a prop’
• रम्भम्: Karma (apposition/comparison target)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रम्भ (prātipadika)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (nipāta)

• जिव्रयः: the lively/active ones; vigorous (men)
• जिव्रयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: जिव्र (prātipadika)

• ररभ्मा: I have grasped / I seize
• ररभ्मा: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रभ् (रभँ) ‘to seize, grasp, take hold’

• शवसस्पते: O lord of strength
• शवसस्पते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative compound)
• Root: शवस् + पति (tatpuruṣa: ‘lord of strength’)

• उश्मसि: we desire / we wish
• उश्मसि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वश्/उश् (Vedic: ‘to desire, wish’)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• सधस्थे: in the seat/abode (common place)
• सधस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सधस्थ (prātipadika) ‘common seat/abode, assembly-place’

• आ: hither, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)