Rig Veda 1.8.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.8

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (attributed for RV 1.8 in the Kāṇva tradition; verse-level attributions vary in recensions)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables; standard for many early Indra hymns in Mandala 1)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एवा हि ते विभूतय ऊतय इन्द्र मावते । सद्यश्चित्सन्ति दाशुषे ॥

Transliteration

evā́ hí te vibhū́taya ūtáya indra mā́vate | sadyáś cit sánti dāśúṣe ||

Translation

Even so indeed, O Indra, thy manifold powers and thy helpful succours are at once present for the giver— for him who grows in thy greatness.

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Word by Word

• एवा: just so; indeed; thus
• एवा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• हि: for; indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्/युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विभूतयः: manifest powers; mighty resources
• विभूतयः: कर्तृ (as subject with ‘सन्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-भूति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; वि + √भू)

• ऊतयः: helps; protections
• ऊतयः: कर्तृ (co-subject with ‘सन्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; √अव/√ऊ? ‘aid, protection’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)

• मावते: to the bountiful one / to the generous (one)
• मावते: सम्प्रदान (recipient/beneficiary)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मावत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; मा-वत् ‘having measure/abundance’; RV epithet)

• सद्यः: immediately; at once
• सद्यः: अधिकरण (temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यस् (अव्यय/निपात)

• चित्: even; indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-आदि ‘to be’)

• दाशुषे: to the worshipper; to the giver (of offerings)
• दाशुषे: सम्प्रदान (recipient: ‘for the worshipper/giver’)
• Type: Participle (used as noun)
• Root: दाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दाश्/√दश् ‘to give, worship’ → perf. act. ptc. ‘giver/worshipper’)