Rig Veda 8.6.35: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 35
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify with metrical index)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रमुक्थानि वावृधुः समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः । अनुत्तमन्युमजरम् ॥
Transliteration
índram ukthā́ni vāvṛdhuḥ samudrám iva síndhavaḥ | ánuttamanyum ajáram ||
Translation
The strong recitations have increased Indra, as rivers swell the ocean. He is the one whose ardour none surpasses, the ageless power—ever victorious in the battle for light.
Word by Word
इन्द्रम्Indra (as object)
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उक्थानिhymns, recitations (ukthas)
उक्थानि:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् ‘to speak’ से निष्पन्न स्तुति/उक्थ)
वावृधुःhave increased, have strengthened
वावृधुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धने)
समुद्रम्the ocean
समुद्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सिन्धवःrivers, streams
सिन्धवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुत्तमन्unsurpassed, best
अनुत्तमन्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; अनु-उत्तम ‘unsurpassed, best’)
युम्him
युम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयु (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनम्/इमम्-समूह का वैदिक रूप)
अजरम्unaging, ageless
अजरम्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअजर (प्रातिपदिक; अ-जर ‘not aging’)
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