Rig Veda 8.98.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 98, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.98
Rishi: Unknown/uncertain (Anukramaṇī attribution not provided in input)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or similar short meter (confirm by scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विभ्राजञ्ज्योतिषा स्वरगच्छो रोचनं दिवः । देवास्त इन्द्र सख्याय येमिरे ॥
Transliteration
vi-bhrā́jan jyótiṣā svàr agaccho rocanáṃ diváḥ | devā́s ta indra sakhyā́ya yemire ||
Translation
汝は自らの光明をもって燦然と輝き、天の輝ける界（ローチャナ）へと赴きたり。インドラよ、神々は友誼（サキヤ）のために汝と結び合い——勝利の導き手に諸力は同意して従う。
Word by Word
विapart, forth (intensifying/separative prefix)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग)
भ्राजन्shining, blazing
भ्राजन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootभ्राज् (धातु)
ज्योतिषाwith light, by radiance
ज्योतिषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वःto heaven, to the sunlit sky
स्वः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक)
अगच्छःyou went, you reached
अगच्छः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
रोचनम्the shining realm, luminous world
रोचनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोचन (प्रातिपदिक; √रुच् ‘shine’)
दिवःof heaven, of the sky
दिवः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
तेto/for you; (here) your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सख्यायfor friendship, for companionship
सख्याय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
येमिरेthey have restrained/held fast; they have devoted themselves
येमिरे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु)
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