Rig Veda 3.37.3: Mandala 3, Sukta 37, Mantra 3
Sukta 3.37
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (hymn-level ascription)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (hymn-level; this verse is metrically consistent with Triṣṭubh usage)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नामानि ते शतक्रतो विश्वाभिर्गीर्भिरीमहे । इन्द्राभिमातिषाह्ये ॥
Transliteration
nāmā́ni te śatakrato víśvābhir gī́rbhir īmahe | índrābhimātiṣā́hye ||
Translation
百の力をもつインドラ（Śatakratu）よ、われらはあらゆる讃歌をもって汝の御名――多様なる顕現――を呼び求める。願わくは、魂を襲う敵対の圧迫を汝が打ち破らん。
Word by Word
नामानिnames
नामानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₁nōmn̥
तेof you (thy)
ते:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शतक्रतोO hundred-powered/ hundred-willed one (Indra)
शतक्रतो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)
विश्वाभिःwith all
विश्वाभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (सर्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
गीर्भिःwith hymns/ songs of praise
गीर्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगीर्/गिर् (प्रातिपदिक) < √गॄ/गॢ (to sing/praise)
ईमहेwe strive/seek (to celebrate), we invoke
ईमहे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (आत्मनेपद; desiderative/iterative sense in Vedic: ‘to strive/seek, to invoke’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिमातिषाह्येin (the act/state of) overcoming hostile attacks
अभिमातिषाह्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (abstract/compound)
Rootअभिमाति-षाह्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘overcoming hostile assaults’) < अभि-√मा (to measure/attack; ‘assault’) + √सह् (to conquer/endure)
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