Rig Veda 8.37.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 37, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.37
Rishi: Not specified in excerpt
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क्षेमस्य च प्रयुजश्च त्वमीशिषे शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः । माध्यंदिनस्य सवनस्य वृत्रहन्ननेद्य पिबा सोमस्य वज्रिवः ॥
Transliteration
kṣémasya ca prá-yujaś ca tvám ī́śiṣe śacī-pate índra víśvābhir ū́tibhiḥ | mādhyáṃdinasya sávanasya vṛtra-hann anédya píbā sómasya vajrivaḥ ||
Translation
シャチーの主インドラよ、汝はあらゆる救護をもって、安寧（kṣema）と諸力の正しき結合（prayuj）とを統べたまう。正午の搾りの供犠（mādhyandina-savana）に、ヴリトラを殺す者、咎なき者よ、金剛を執る者よ、ソーマ（Soma）を飲みたまえ。
Word by Word
क्षेमस्यof welfare/safety
क्षेमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेम (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
प्रयुजःof the harnessing/setting-in-motion (of the yoking)
प्रयुजः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयुज् (प्रातिपदिक; < प्र-युज् ‘to yoke/attach’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
त्वम्thou/you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ईशिषेyou rule/you are lord
ईशिषे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootईश् (धातु) / ईशे (आत्मनेपद-प्रयोग)
शचीपत॒O lord of might/skill (Śacīpati)
शचीपत॒:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशचीपति (प्रातिपदिक; शची + पति)
इन्द्र॒O Indra
इन्द्र॒:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाभिःwith all
विश्वाभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (सर्व/समस्त; प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतिभिःwith helps/aids
ऊतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
माध्यंदिनस्यof the midday
माध्यंदिनस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमाध्यंदिन (प्रातिपदिक; < मध्य + दिन)
सवनस्यof the Soma-pressing
सवनस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pressing/rite’)
वृत्रहन्O slayer of Vṛtra
वृत्रहन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन्)
अनेद्यO blameless one
अनेद्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootअनेद्य (प्रातिपदिक; a- + नेद्य ‘blameworthy/nearer?’ → ‘not blameworthy’)
पिबाdrink!
पिबा:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु ‘to drink’)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive with verb: ‘of Soma’)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रिवःO wielder of the thunderbolt
वज्रिवः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवज्रिवस्/वज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having the vajra’)
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