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Rig Veda 7.28.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 28, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.28

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires verification)

हवं त इन्द्र महिमा व्यानड्ब्रह्म यत्पासि शवसिन्नृषीणाम् । आ यद्वज्रं दधिषे हस्त उग्र घोरः सन्क्रत्वा जनिष्ठा अषाळ्हः ॥

haváṃ ta indra mahimā́ vyā́naḍ bráhma yát pā́si śavasinn ṛ́ṣīṇām | ā́ yád vájraṃ dadhíṣe hásta ugra ghoráḥ sán kratvā́ janiṣṭhāḥ áṣāḷhaḥ ||

L’appel vers toi, ô Indra, a répandu ta grandeur au loin — ce brahman que, par ta force, tu protèges parmi les ṛṣi. Quand tu poses le vajra dans ta main, farouche et redoutable, tu nais par la volonté comme puissance invincible.

हवम्invocation, call
हवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootहव (prātipadika < √ह्वे ‘to call, invoke’)
तेfor you, to you
ते:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
महिमाgreatness, majesty
महिमा:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन् (prātipadika)
व्यानट्spread out, pervaded
व्यानट्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अण्/अन् (Vedic: ‘to reach, extend, pervade’; with vi-ā-)
ब्रह्मsacred formulation, hymn
ब्रह्म:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (prātipadika)
यत्which
यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
पासिyou protect
पासि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पा ‘to protect’
शवसिन्O mighty one
शवसिन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशवस् + -इन् (prātipadika)
ऋषीणाम्of the seers
ऋषीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (prātipadika)
forth, unto
:
क्रिया-विशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (preverb/particle)
यत्when
यत्:
अधिकरण (काल)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
वज्रम्the thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (prātipadika)
दधिषेyou have placed/held
दधिषे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा ‘to place, put’ (reduplicated perfect stem दधि-)
हस्तेin (your) hand
हस्ते:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (prātipadika)
उग्रO fierce one
उग्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (prātipadika)
घोरःterrible
घोरः:
कर्ता
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (prātipadika)
सन्being
सन्:
कर्ता
TypeVerb (participial)
Root√अस् ‘to be’
क्रत्वाby (your) resolve/power of will
क्रत्वा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (prātipadika)
जनिष्ठाःyou were born / you arose
जनिष्ठाः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जन् ‘to be born, arise’
अषाळ्हःunvanquished
अषाळ्हः:
कर्ता-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-षाळ्ह (prātipadika; ‘unconquered, not-overpowered’)

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