Rig Veda 8.13.18: Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 18
Sukta 8.13
Devata: Indra (implicitly continued focus); also applicable to the awakened Conscious Power invoked through Soma
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्रिकद्रुकेषु चेतनं देवासो यज्ञमत्नत । तमिद्वर्धन्तु नो गिरः सदावृधम् ॥
Transliteration
tríkadrukeṣu cétanaṃ devā́so yajñám atnata | tám íd vardhantu no gíraḥ sadā́vṛdham ||
Translation
三つの搾り（トリカドゥルカ）において、神々は祭祀に励み、覚知する者を目覚めさせた。願わくは我らの霊感の言葉（ギラ）が、常に増大するその御方を、我らの内に増し育てよ。
Word by Word
त्रिकद्रुकेषुin the Trikadrukas (three-pressing/three-cup Soma-places)
त्रिकद्रुकेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिकद्रुक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + कद्रुक)
चेतनम्the inspirer/animating one (the conscious one)
चेतनम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootचेतन (प्रातिपदिक; √चित् ‘to perceive/notice’ से)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्the sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्नतthey extended/put forth (they set in motion)
अत्नत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अत्/अत्न् (वेदिक; ‘to go/extend/strive’)
तम्him/that
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
वर्धन्तुlet (them) increase
वर्धन्तु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (to grow/increase)
नःfor us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (अर्थानुसार)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
गिरःsongs, hymns
गिरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
सदाalways
सदा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
आवृधम्ever-increasing (ever-growing)
आवृधम्:
कर्म (तम् इति विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआ-वृध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वृध् with उपसर्ग आ-; ‘ever-growing/ever-increasing’)
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