Rig Veda 8.93.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 16
Sukta 8.93
Devata: Indra (with his host/forces)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
श्रुतं वो वृत्रहन्तमं प्र शर्धं चर्षणीनाम् । आ शुषे राधसे महे ॥
Transliteration
śrutáṃ vo vṛtrahán-tamam prá śárdhaṃ carṣaṇīnā́m | ā́ śúṣe rā́dhase mahé ||
Translation
हमने सुना है तुम्हारी बड़ी ताकत है। तुम लोगों के साथ आगे बढ़ते हो। हमारी सुनो और बड़ा काम करो।
Word by Word
श्रुतम्heard; renowned
श्रुतम्:
कर्म (object of an implied ‘we have heard/it is heard’)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used predicatively)
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे) → श्रुत (PPP)
वःof you; your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
वृत्रहन्तमम्the most Vṛtra-slaying; the greatest slayer of Vṛtra
वृत्रहन्तमम्:
कर्म (object of praise/hearing)
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootवृत्रहन् (वृत्र + √हन् ‘to slay’)
प्रforth; forward; prominently
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (preverb)
शर्धम्host; troop; band
शर्धम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशर्ध (prātipadika)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चर्षणीनाम्of the peoples; of men
चर्षणीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive dependent on शर्धम्)
TypeNoun
Rootचर्षणी (prātipadika; ‘men/peoples’)
आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (preverb)
शुषेI have hastened; I have eagerly set myself
शुषे:
कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
TypeVerb
Root√शु (शवने/शोषणे in Vedic; here ‘to be eager/impel oneself’) → शुष्
राधसेfor bounty; for gift/wealth
राधसे:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/beneficiary: ‘for’)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (prātipadika)
महेgreat
महे:
विशेषण (qualifier of राधसे)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (prātipadika)
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