Rig Veda 8.61.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 61, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.61
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उभयं शृणवच्च न इन्द्रो अर्वागिदं वचः । सत्राच्या मघवा सोमपीतये धिया शविष्ठ आ गमत् ॥
Transliteration
ubháyaṃ śṛṇávac ca na índro arvā́g idáṃ vácaḥ | satrā́cyā maghávā sóma-pītaye dhiyā́ śáviṣṭha ā́ gamat ||
Translation
インドラが両方よりわれらのために聞き、この言葉のもとへ近づかんことを。まっすぐに進む寛大なる者が、思惟の力によってソーマ（Soma）の飲みに来たれ――最も剛なる者として――われらのもとへ到来せよ。
Word by Word
उभयम्both (things/ways)
उभयम्:
Karma (object of शृणवत्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootउभय- (प्रातिपदिक)
शृणवत्let (him) hear
शृणवत्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (शृणोति) ‘to hear’
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary; ‘for us’ in sense) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (of शृणवत्, आगमत्)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्वाक्hither, toward us
अर्वाक्:
Adhikaraṇa (directional/goal adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable (directional)
Rootअर्वाक् (अव्यय/दिक्शब्द)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (object of शृणवत्; with वचः)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
वचःutterance, word, hymn
वचः:
Karma (object of शृणवत्)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस्- (प्रातिपदिक) < √वच् ‘to speak’
सत्राच्याO (thou) of the satra / continuous (in aid)
सत्राच्या:
Sambodhana (address to Indra)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसत्राच्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having/going with a satra, continuous’)
मघवाO bountiful one
मघवा:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootमघवन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमपीतयेfor drinking Soma
सोमपीतये:
Sampradāna / प्रयोजन (purpose: ‘for Soma-drinking’)
TypeNoun (purpose)
Rootसोमपीति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Soma-drinking’)
धियाwith (our) thought/prayer
धिया:
Karaṇa (instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootधी- (प्रातिपदिक)
शविष्ठःthe strongest
शविष्ठः:
Kartā (apposition to इन्द्रः; subject of आगमत्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootशविष्ठ- (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of शवीयस्/शवस् ‘strong’)
आhither, to
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गमत्came / may he come
गमत्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति) ‘to go/come’
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