Rig Veda 8.16.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 16, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.16

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Devata: Indra

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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यस्यानूना गभीरा मदा उरवस्तरुत्राः । हर्षुमन्तः शूरसातौ ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.16.4

Transliteration

yásyānū́nā gabhīrā́ madā́ urávas tárutrāḥ | harṣúmantaḥ śū́ra-sātau ||

Translation

ಯಾರ ಮದಗಳು (ಉಲ್ಲಾಸ-ರಸ) ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸದವು, ಗಂಭೀರವು—ವಿಶಾಲವು ಮತ್ತು ಅಪ್ರತಿಹತವಾಗಿ ಜಯಿಸುವವು; ಶೂರಸಾತಿ (ವೀರ-ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯ ಜಯ)ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿರುವವು—ಅಂತಹ ಇಂದ್ರನ ಬಲವು, ಅದು ನಮ್ಮೊಳಗೆ ಏಳುವಾಗ.

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Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• अनूना: not lacking, undiminished
• अनूना: विशेषण (to the subject ‘madas’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनून (प्रातिपदिक; a- + ऊन ‘deficient’)

• गभीरा: deep
• गभीरा: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गभीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदाः: raptures, exhilarations (intoxicating joys)
• मदाः: कर्तृ/आश्रय (the one possessing these ‘madas’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• उरवः: wide, vast
• उरवः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तरुत्राः: overcoming, victorious
• तरुत्राः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; √तॄ/तॄ ‘to cross, overcome’ से ‘overcoming, victorious’)

• हर्षुमन्तः: joyous, exultant
• हर्षुमन्तः: कर्तृ (those who are… / as an epithet of the praised deity or his followers, context-dependent)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: हर्षुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; हर्षु + -मन्त् ‘possessing’)

• शूरसातौ: in the winning of heroes; in heroic victory
• शूरसातौ: अधिकरण (locative: in/at)
• Type: Noun (locative phrase)
• Root: शूरसाति (प्रातिपदिक; शूर ‘hero’ + साति ‘winning, gaining’)