Rig Veda 8.6.35: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 35
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify with metrical index)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रमुक्थानि वावृधुः समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः । अनुत्तमन्युमजरम् ॥
Transliteration
índram ukthā́ni vāvṛdhuḥ samudrám iva síndhavaḥ | ánuttamanyum ajáram ||
Translation
讃歌の力はインドラを増大させた、川々が海を満たすように。彼は誰も凌ぎえぬ熱情をもち、不老の力—光をめぐる戦いに常に勝利する者。
Word by Word
इन्द्रम्Indra (as object)
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उक्थानिhymns, recitations (ukthas)
उक्थानि:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् ‘to speak’ से निष्पन्न स्तुति/उक्थ)
वावृधुःhave increased, have strengthened
वावृधुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धने)
समुद्रम्the ocean
समुद्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सिन्धवःrivers, streams
सिन्धवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुत्तमन्unsurpassed, best
अनुत्तमन्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; अनु-उत्तम ‘unsurpassed, best’)
युम्him
युम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयु (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनम्/इमम्-समूह का वैदिक रूप)
अजरम्unaging, ageless
अजरम्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअजर (प्रातिपदिक; अ-जर ‘not aging’)
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