Rig Veda 8.77.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 77, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.77
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शतब्रध्न इषुस्तव सहस्रपर्ण एक इत् । यमिन्द्र चकृषे युजम् ॥
Transliteration
śatá-bradhna íṣuḥ táva sahásra-parṇa éka íd | yám índra cakṛṣé yújam ||
Translation
Indra, tumhara ek teer hai jo sau ganthon se bana hai. Uske hazaar pankh hain aur woh ek hi kaafi hai. Us teer se tumne apna kaam jita liya hai.
Word by Word
शतब्रध्नःhundred-tawny/with a hundred tawny (steeds/rays)
शतब्रध्नः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धः) — ‘इषुः’ का विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशत- + ब्रध्न (प्रातिपदिक ‘ब्रध्न’ = धूसर/भूरा, ‘dun, tawny’)
इषुःarrow; missile
इषुः:
कर्तृ (स्तुत्य/वर्ण्य विषय) अथवा सम्बोधनार्थे नाम
TypeNoun
Rootइषु (प्रातिपदिक)
तवof you; your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘तव’ = ‘thy/your’
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रपर्णःthousand-feathered; having a thousand vanes
सहस्रपर्णः:
विशेषण — ‘इषुः’ का विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र- + पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
एकःone; single
एकः:
विशेषण — ‘इषुः’ का विशेषण
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed; just; even
इत्:
निपात (बल/निश्चय-प्रदर्शन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात; emphatic particle)
यम्whom/which
यम्:
कर्म — ‘युजम्’ के साथ समन्वय: ‘which yoke/companion’
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper) / Vocative
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चकृषेyou have made; you fashioned
चकृषे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = ‘त्वम्/इन्द्रः’)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
युजम्a yoke-fellow; companion
युजम्:
कर्म — ‘made (him) a yoke-fellow/companion’
TypeNoun
Rootयुज् (प्रातिपदिक ‘युज’ = योक/सहचर; ‘yoke-fellow, mate’)
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