Rig Veda 8.4.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 4, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.4

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; Kaṇvāḥ)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र चक्रे सहसा सहो बभञ्ज मन्युमोजसा । विश्वे त इन्द्र पृतनायवो यहो नि वृक्षा इव येमिरे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.4.5

Transliteration

prá cakre sáhasā sáho babháñja manyúm ójasā | víśve te indra pṛtanā́yavo yáho ní vṛkṣā́ iva yemire ||

Translation

Engkau menggerakkan daya dengan daya; dengan kekuatan Engkau menghancurkan amarah yang mengacau. Semua pencari-perangmu, wahai Indra, rebah—bagai pohon-pohon ditebang—ketika berhadapan dengan kedahsyatan gerak maju-Mu yang menang.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• चक्रे: he has done/made
• चक्रे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• सहसा: with might, by force
• सहसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहः: might, strength
• सहः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभञ्ज: he broke, shattered
• बभञ्ज: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भञ्ज् (धातु)

• मन्युम्: wrath, fury
• मन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओजसा: with vigor, by strength
• ओजसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वे: all (of them)
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantive use)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृतनायवः: battle-seekers, fighters
• पृतनायवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पृतना-यु (प्रातिपदिक; from पृतना + यु ‘going/engaged’)

• यहो: indeed/lo! (emphatic particle)
• यहो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यहो (particle/interjection; Vedic)

• नि: down, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• वृक्षाः: trees
• वृक्षाः: Kartā (of the simile-clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (particle)

• येमिरे: they have restrained/held back; they have been checked
• येमिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)