Rig Veda 8.45.20: Mandala 8, Sukta 45, Mantra 20
Sukta 8.45
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ त्वा रम्भं न जिव्रयो ररभ्मा शवसस्पते । उश्मसि त्वा सधस्थ आ ॥
Transliteration
ā́ tvā rambháṃ ná jivrā́yo rarabhmá śavasas-pate | uśmási tvā sadhástha ā́ ||
Translation
力の主よ、われらは支えをつかむがごとく汝をしっかと捉えた。われらは汝をここに、共なる座（サダス）において希い求む。
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
रम्भम्support/prop, staff; (as simile) ‘a prop’
रम्भम्:
Karma (apposition/comparison target)
TypeNoun
Rootरम्भ (prātipadika)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (nipāta)
जिव्रयःthe lively/active ones; vigorous (men)
जिव्रयः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootजिव्र (prātipadika)
ररभ्माI have grasped / I seize
ररभ्मा:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√रभ् (रभँ) ‘to seize, grasp, take hold’
शवसस्पतेO lord of strength
शवसस्पते:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative compound)
Rootशवस् + पति (tatpuruṣa: ‘lord of strength’)
उश्मसिwe desire / we wish
उश्मसि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√वश्/उश् (Vedic: ‘to desire, wish’)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
सधस्थेin the seat/abode (common place)
सधस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसधस्थ (prātipadika) ‘common seat/abode, assembly-place’
आhither, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)
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