Rig Veda 3.37.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 37, Mantra 8
Sukta 3.37
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (hymn-level ascription)
Devata: Indra (with Soma as sacred substance/power in the verse)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (hymn-level)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शुष्मिन्तमं न ऊतये द्युम्निनं पाहि जागृविम् । इन्द्र सोमं शतक्रतो ॥
Transliteration
śuṣmíntamaṃ na ūtáye dyumnínaṃ pāhi jā́gṛvim | índra sómaṃ śatakrato ||
Translation
われらの救いのために、最も力強く、光輝に満ち、目覚めているソーマ（Soma）を守り給え。百力のインドラよ、目覚めた歓喜が魂の旅のために保たれんことを。
Word by Word
शुष्मिन्तमम्the most mighty/strong
शुष्मिन्तमम्:
कर्म (पाहि इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुष्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक; शुष्म ‘बल’ + -इन्)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (ऊतये इत्यस्य—‘our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतयेfor aid, for protection
ऊतये:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन—‘for help’)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
द्युम्निनम्the glorious, radiant
द्युम्निनम्:
कर्म (पाहि इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्युम्निन् (प्रातिपदिक; द्युम्न ‘तेजस्/यशस्’ + -इन्)
पाहिprotect!
पाहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु; ‘रक्षणे/पालने’)
जागृविम्the wakeful/vigilant one
जागृविम्:
कर्म (पाहि इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (participial) / Noun-like epithet
Rootजागृवि (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जागृ ‘जागरणे’ से ‘जागृवस्/जागृवि’ ‘wakeful’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमम्Soma (the sacred drink/deity)
सोमम्:
कर्म (पाहि इत्यस्य; ‘Soma’ as object of protection/concern)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
शतक्रतोO Śatakratu (of a hundred powers)
शतक्रतो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
Rootशतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a hundred powers/stratagems’)
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