Rig Veda 8.13.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 23
Sukta 8.13
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत ते सुष्टुता हरी वृषणा वहतो रथम् । अजुर्यस्य मदिन्तमं यमीमहे ॥
Transliteration
utá te súṣṭutā hárī vṛ́ṣaṇā vahato rátham | ajúryasya madíntamaṃ yám ī́mahe ||
Translation
ແລະພະລັງສີນ້ຳຕານສອງຂອງເຈົ້າທີ່ຖືກສັກສາຢ່າງດີ, ຜູ້ທີ່ເຂັ້ມແຂງ, ແບກຫາດລົດຂອງພະຜູ້ເດັດຂາດທີ່ບໍ່ສິ້ນສຸດ, ທີ່ມີຄວາມສຸກຢ່າງຍິ່ງ, ຜູ້ທີ່ພວກເຮົາຕ້ອງການໃຫ້ໃກ້ຊິດ.
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
तेfor you / to you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
सुष्टुताwell-uttered praise
सुष्टुता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + स्तु (√स्तु ‘to praise’) → सुष्टुता (स्तुतिः)
हरीthe two bay steeds (of Indra)
हरी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषणाthe two strong/virile ones
वृषणा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषण (प्रातिपदिक)
वहतःthey carry / convey
वहतः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति ‘to carry, convey’)
रथम्the chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
अजुर्यस्यof the unaging/unyielding one
अजुर्यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootअजुर्य (प्रातिपदिक; a- + जुर्य ‘decaying/weakening’)
मदिन्तमम्the most exhilarating / most intoxicated (one)
मदिन्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमदिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √मद् ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’) + तमप्
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ईमindeed, just
ईम:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम् (निपात/अव्यय)
महेwe worship / we honor
महे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मह् (महे ‘to honor, to worship’)
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