Rig Veda 8.24.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.24
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ वृषस्व महामह महे नृतम राधसे । दृळ्हश्चिद्दृह्य मघवन्मघत्तये ॥
Transliteration
ā́ vṛṣasva mahāmaha mahé nṛtamá rā́dhase | dṛḷháś cid dṛhya maghavan magháttaye ||
Translation
तुम बड़े दाता हो, अपनी कृपा बरसाओ। बड़े लोगों के लिए बड़ा देना है। जो चीज़ भी पक्की है, उसे और भी मज़बूत कर दो। इससे दौलत बढ़ती रहे और लोगों को फायदा मिले।
Word by Word
आhither, forth (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वृषस्वbe strong / bestow (vigor, bounty)!
वृषस्व:
Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootवृष् (dhātu, ‘to rain/strengthen; be vigorous’)
महामहO very-great one!
महामह:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootमहामह (प्रातिपदिक; vocative epithet, ‘great-great one’)
महेfor the great (end/benefit)
महे:
Sampradāna (dative of purpose/recipient)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (adj. stem)
नृतमthe most heroic / best of men
नृतम:
Karma (object/appositional object) / epithet of the addressed deity
TypeAdjective/Epithet
Rootनृतम (superlative epithet from नृ ‘man’ / ‘hero’; ‘most manly/best of men’)
राधसेfor bounty, for a gift
राधसे:
Sampradāna (dative: ‘for/unto bounty’)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (n. ‘gift, bounty, favor’)
दृळ्हःfirm, strong
दृळ्हः:
Kartā (subject of the following verb)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृळ्ह (adj. ‘firm, strong’; from √दृंह/दृह् ‘to make firm’)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (particle)
दृह्यbe firm! harden!
दृह्य:
Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootदृह् / दृंह् (dhātu ‘to be/make firm, to harden’)
मघवन्O bountiful one!
मघवन्:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootमघवन् (prātipadika; epithet ‘bountiful one’, esp. Indra)
मघत्तयेfor generosity / for the act of giving
मघत्तये:
Sampradāna (dative of purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootमघत्तय (abstract noun from मघ ‘gift/bounty’ + -त्तय; ‘bountifulness, giving’)
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