Rig Veda 8.16.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 16, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.16
Rishi: Unknown/uncertain (not supplied)
Devata: Indra
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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तमिद्धनेषु हितेष्वधिवाकाय हवन्ते । येषामिन्द्रस्ते जयन्ति ॥
Transliteration
tám íd dháneṣu hitéṣv adhivākā́ya havante | yeṣā́m índras té jayanti ||
Translation
Dialah yang sungguh mereka seru dalam pertempuran ketika taruhannya telah ditetapkan, demi sabda penentu dan titah penuntun; mereka yang bersama Indra—merekalah yang menang.
Word by Word
तम्him (that one)
तम्:
कर्म (हवन्ते इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इद्indeed, just
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात)
धनेषुin prizes/wealths
धनेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
हितेषुset/appointed (for them), established
हितेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective
Rootहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धा/√हि?; सामान्यतः √धा ‘to place’ → हित ‘placed, set, appointed’)
अधिवाकायfor intercession/advocacy (invocatory speech)
अधिवाकाय:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootअधिवाक (प्रातिपदिक; अधि-√वच् ‘to speak over/for’ → ‘intercession, advocacy, invocation’)
हवन्तेthey invoke/call upon
हवन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (आह्वाने) / Vedic: √हव् ‘to call, invoke’
येषाम्of whom, whose
येषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (ते जयन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthey (those people)
ते:
कर्तृ (जयन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जयन्तिwin, conquer
जयन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जि (जय॑े) / √जि ‘to conquer’
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