Rig Veda 8.46.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.46

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यस्य ते महिमानं शतमूते शतक्रतो । गीर्भिर्गृणन्ति कारवः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.46.3

Transliteration

ā́ yásya te mahimā́naṃ śatám-ūte śatákrato | gī́rbhir gṛṇánti kā́ravaḥ ||

Translation

百の道の助け手、百の意志力をもつ者よ。歌い手たちは讃歌の言葉をもって汝の大いなる威光へと進み、霊感の発語によって、聖見者たちは汝を称える。

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you, for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महिमानम्: greatness, majesty
• महिमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक; from मह् ‘to be great’)

• शतमूते: O hundred-bountied (rich in gifts)
• शतमूते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: शतमूति (प्रातिपदिक; शत- ‘hundred’ + मूति/मूति ‘bounty, gift’)

• शतक्रतो: O hundred-powered / of a hundred powers
• शतक्रतो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: शतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; शत- ‘hundred’ + क्रतु ‘power, resolve, might’)

• गीर्भिः: with hymns, by songs
• गीर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘song, hymn, praise’)

• गृणन्ति: they praise, they sing
• गृणन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृ (धातु; ‘to sing/praise’), वर्गः भ्वादिः

• कारवः: the poets/singers
• कारवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer, poet, praiser’)