Rig Veda 8.76.11: Mandala 8, Sukta 76, Mantra 11
Sukta 8.76
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अनु त्वा रोदसी उभे क्रक्षमाणमकृपेताम् । इन्द्र यद्दस्युहाभवः ॥
Transliteration
ánu tvā ródasī ubhé krákṣamāṇam akṛpetām | índra yád dasyu-hā́ abhavaḥ ||
Translation
天と地、二つの大いなる界は、叫びつつ汝に従い、汝を見捨てなかった。インドラよ、汝がダシュユ（Dasyu）を討つ者となったとき。
Word by Word
अनुafter, along, in accordance (with)
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou (accusative: thee)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रोदसीthe two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
रोदसी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावापृथिव्यौ)
उभेboth
उभे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
क्रक्षमाणम्roaring, crying aloud
क्रक्षमाणम्:
Karma
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootक्रक्ष् (धातु; ‘क्रक्ष्/क्रक्ष्’ = गर्जने/क्रन्दने, वैदिक)
अकृपेताम्(let them) not be pitiless; (let them) show compassion
अकृपेताम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootकृप् (धातु; ‘कृप्’ = कृपायाम्/अनुकम्पायाम्) + अङ् (निषेध)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when/that (in that)
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa (समय/कारण-संबन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सम्बन्ध/यत्-प्रातिपदिक)
दस्युहाslayer of the Dasyu
दस्युहा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदस्युहन् (प्रातिपदिक; दस्यु + हन् ‘slayer’)
अभवःyou became / you were
अभवः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
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