Rig Veda 8.32.27: Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 27

Sukta 8.32

Rishi: Kanva (Kāṇva tradition; precise attribution within RV 8.32 not provided in the input)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र व उग्राय निष्टुरेऽषाळ्हाय प्रसक्षिणे । देवत्तं ब्रह्म गायत ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.32.27

Transliteration

prá va ugrā́ya niṣṭúre 'ṣā́ḷhāya prásakṣiṇe | deváttam bráhma gāyata ||

Translation

猛き御方のために――峻厳にして屈せず、征服されず、抗しがたく勝利する者のために――神より授けられしブラフマン（brahman）の言を歌え。

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वः: of you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradāna (possessor/beneficiary: ‘of/for you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronominal stem)

• उग्राय: to the mighty one
• उग्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उग्र (prātipadika)

• निष्टुरे: to the stern/unyielding one
• निष्टुरे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: निष्टुर (prātipadika)

• अषाळ्हाय: to the unconquered one
• अषाळ्हाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अषाळ्ह (prātipadika)

• प्रसक्षिणे: to the overpowering/prevailing one
• प्रसक्षिणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्र-सक्षिन् (prātipadika; from √सह/√सक्ष ‘to be strong, prevail’ with preverb प्र-)

• देवत्तम्: most divine
• देवत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवत्तम (prātipadika; superlative-like ‘most divine’)

• ब्रह्म: sacred formulation/hymn (brahman)
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (prātipadika)

• गायत: sing (you all)!
• गायत: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (गायति) ‘to sing’