Rig Veda 8.65.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 65, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.65

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ त इन्द्र महिमानं हरयो देव ते महः । रथे वहन्तु बिभ्रतः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ ta indra mahimā́naṃ hárayo deva te máhaḥ | ráthe vahantu bíbhrataḥ ||

Translation

汝の黄褐の駿き力よ、インドラよ、汝の偉大と威力を、神よ、車に載せてここへ運べ、これを支えつつ。躍動する諸力が、神なる力をわれらの場へと運び入れよ。

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; hither; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sampradāna (possessor/recipient sense) / sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd person pronoun)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• महिमानम्: greatness; might
• महिमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (prātipadika; from मह्/महि ‘great’)

• हरयः: the tawny (horses)
• हरयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (prātipadika)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sampradāna (possessor/recipient sense) / sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd person pronoun)

• महः: greatness; greatness/majesty
• महः: Karma (as object of ‘bear/bring’ in sense ‘your greatness’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महस् (prātipadika)

• रथे: on/in the chariot
• रथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (prātipadika)

• वहन्तु: let them carry/bring
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (dhātu)

• बिभ्रतः: bearing; carrying
• बिभ्रतः: Kartā (co-referential with हरयः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: भृ (dhātu) → बिभ्रत् (present participle)