Rig Veda 1.30.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 8

Sukta 1.30

Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ घा गमद्यदि श्रवत्सहस्रिणीभिरूतिभिः । वाजेभिरुप नो हवम् ॥

Transliteration

ā́ ghā gamad yádi śrávat sahasríṇībhir ūtíbhiḥ | vā́jebhir úpa no hávam ||

Translation

彼は必ず来たらん——もし聞き入れるなら——千重の護りを携えて近づき、力の満ち溢れとともに、われらの呼び声に応えん。

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (adds directional force)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• घ: indeed, surely
• घ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घ (निपात) / gha (particle)

• गमद्: let him come / may he come
• गमद्: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति) / √gam

• यदि: if, when
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय) / yadi

• श्रवत्: may he hear / let him listen
• श्रवत्: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (शृणोति) / √śru

• सहस्रिणीभिः: with thousandfold (many)
• सहस्रिणीभिः: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
• Root: सहस्रिणी (सहस्र- + -इनी) / sahasriṇī

• ऊतिभिः: with helps, with aids, with protections
• ऊतिभिः: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (from √अव्/√ऊ? ‘to help, protect’; Vedic noun) / ūti

• वाजेभिः: with prizes/strengths (vajas)
• वाजेभिः: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (strength, prize, food; also ‘victory’) / vāja

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / upa

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessor/related)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् / asmad

• हवम्: invocation, call
• हवम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (call, invocation) / hava