Rig Veda 8.13.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 15

Sukta 8.13

Devata: Indra (Śakra, Vṛtrahan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यच्छक्रासि परावति यदर्वावति वृत्रहन् । यद्वा समुद्रे अन्धसोऽवितेदसि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.13.15

Transliteration

yác chakrā́si parāváti yád arvāváti vṛtrahan | yád vā samudré ándhaso’vitéd asi ||

Translation

Tum door ho ya paas ho, dushman ko maarne wale. Tum samundar mein khush ho ya kahin aur ho, tum madad karne wale ho.

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Word by Word

• यत्: when/where/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: शक्र (prātipadika)

• असि: thou art
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (dhātu ‘to be’)

• परावतौ: in the far distance / in a far region
• परावतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (locative of place)
• Root: परावत् (prātipadika)

• यत्: when/where
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अर्वावतौ: in the region of the horse / in a horse-rich place
• अर्वावतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (locative of place)
• Root: अर्वावत् (prātipadika)

• वृत्रहन्: O Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रहन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रहन् (prātipadika)

• यत्: when/where
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (nipāta)

• समुद्रे: in the sea / in the ocean
• समुद्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (prātipadika)

• अन्धसः: of the Soma-juice / of the draught
• अन्धसः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस् (prātipadika)

• अवित: helper, protector
• अवित: Kartā (predicative agent: ‘thou as helper’)
• Type: Participle (agent noun)
• Root: अवि (kṛdanta from √अव् ‘to help, protect’)

• इद्: indeed, just
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (nipāta)

• असि: thou art
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (dhātu ‘to be’)