Rig Veda 8.65.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 65, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.65
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्र गृणीष उ स्तुषे महाँ उग्र ईशानकृत् । एहि नः सुतं पिब ॥
Transliteration
índra gṛṇīṣá u stuṣé mahā́m ugrá īśāna-kṛ́t | éhi naḥ sutáṃ píba ||
Translation
インドラよ、われは汝を讃え、汝を歌い上げる――偉大にして猛き者、主権を成す者よ。来たれ、われらの搾りしソーマ（Soma）を飲め。
Word by Word
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा इन्द्र- (देवनाम)
गृणीषेI praise (you)
गृणीषे:
कर्तृ (वक्ता/ऋषिः) — ‘I praise’
TypeVerb
Root√गॄ/गृ (स्तुतौ ‘to praise, sing’)
उindeed, also
उ:
— (सम्बन्ध/बलार्थक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
स्तुषेI praise
स्तुषे:
कर्तृ (वक्ता) — ‘I praise’
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (स्तुतौ ‘to praise’)
महाँO great (one)
महाँ:
सम्बोधन (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक ‘great’)
उग्रO mighty/fierce (one)
उग्र:
सम्बोधन (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक ‘mighty, fierce’)
ईशानकृत्O lordly doer / master-maker
ईशानकृत्:
सम्बोधन (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeKṛdanta (compound epithet)
Rootईशान (√ईश् ‘to rule, be master’) + कृत् (√कृ ‘to do, make’)
एहिcome!
एहि:
क्रिया (आह्वान)
TypeVerb (imperative)
Root√इ (गत्यर्थ ‘to go/come’) — इह आगच्छ
नःto us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (to us) / सम्बन्ध (our) — सन्दर्भानुसार
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सुतंthe pressed Soma
सुतं:
कर्म (पेय-वस्तु)
TypeNoun (ritual term)
Rootसुत (√सु ‘to press (Soma)’; PPP ‘pressed’)
पिबdrink
पिब:
क्रिया; कर्म = सुतं
TypeVerb (imperative)
Root√पा (पाने ‘to drink’)
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