Rig Veda 8.2.29: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 29

Sukta 8.2

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh/Jagatī family; requires verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्तुतश्च यास्त्वा वर्धन्ति महे राधसे नृम्णाय । इन्द्र कारिणं वृधन्तः ॥

Transliteration

stutáś ca yā́s tvā vardhánti mahé rā́dhase nṛmṇā́ya | índra kā́riṇaṃ vṛdhántaḥ ||

Translation

また、汝を増し育てる讃歌がある、インドラよ——大いなる成就・賜与（rādhas）のため、男らしき威力（nṛmṇa）のために。これらは汝を強めつつ、われらのうちに汝を行為者・成就者たらしめる。

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Word by Word

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Kartā (with implied ‘त्वम्/इन्द्रः’ as the praised one)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: √स्तु (स्तवति) / स्तुत (PPP)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• याः: which (fem. pl.) / those who
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (यत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धन्ति: they increase / strengthen
• वर्धन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते/वर्धति)

• महे: for great
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively with following noun)
• Root: महत् (महा-प्रातिपदिक)

• राधसे: for bounty / wealth / gift
• राधसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नृम्णाय: for manly might / heroic power
• नृम्णाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृम्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: — (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कारिणम्: the doer / achiever
• कारिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कारिन् (from √कृ ‘to do/make’), कारिण्-प्रातिपदिक

• वृधन्तः: strengthening / increasing
• वृधन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते) / वृधन्त् (present active participle)