Rig Veda 8.6.33: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 33
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify with metrical index)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत ब्रह्मण्या वयं तुभ्यं प्रवृद्ध वज्रिवः । विप्रा अतक्ष्म जीवसे ॥
Transliteration
utá brahmaṇyā́ vayáṃ túbhyaṃ pravṛddha vajrivaḥ | víprā atakṣma jīváse ||
Translation
また、われら梵（brahman、聖なる言葉・霊力）を愛する者は、金剛手（Vajrin）よ、増大しつづける汝のために、光ある讃歌の言葉を鍛え整えた。われらが生きるため、内なる生命の息が真実において増すために。
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
ब्राह्मण्याः(we) devoted to sacred prayer / priestly
ब्राह्मण्याः:
Kartā (वयम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootब्राह्मण्य (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन्/ब्राह्मण-सम्बद्ध)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रवृद्धO greatly increased / mighty
प्रवृद्ध:
— (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective (Participle)
Rootवृध् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग); क्त (भूतकृदन्त)
वज्रिवःO wielders of the thunderbolt (Indra/Indras)
वज्रिवः:
— (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘वज्र-धारी’
विप्राःinspired poets / seers
विप्राः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अतक्ष्मwe fashioned / we fashioned forth
अतक्ष्म:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतक्ष् (धातु) ; लुङ् (अorist) उत्तमपुरुष बहुवचन
जीवसेfor life, for living
जीवसे:
Sampradāna/Prayojana (उद्देश्य)
TypeNoun (inflectional dative)
Rootजीवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जीवन/जीवित’ अर्थे) / जीव्-सम्बद्ध नामधातु
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