Rig Veda 8.91.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 91, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.91

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

खे रथस्य खेऽनसः खे युगस्य शतक्रतो । अपालामिन्द्र त्रिष्पूत्व्यकृणोः सूर्यत्वचम् ॥

Transliteration

khé rathásya khé ’násaḥ khé yugásya śata-krato | apālā́m indra tríṣ pūtvī́ ákṛṇoḥ sū́rya-tvacam ||

Translation

In the open space of the chariot, in the open space of the cart, in the open space of the yoke, O Shatakratu—thou didst make Apālā, after thrice purifying, to bear the sun-skin: a new luminous covering of the light.

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Word by Word

• खे: in/at the sky; in the open (space)
• खे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun (locative use)
• Root: ख (प्रातिपदिक; ‘आकाश/शून्य/छिद्र’)

• रथस्य: of the chariot
• रथस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• खे: in the sky/open space
• खे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun (locative use)
• Root: ख (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनसः: of the cart/wagon
• अनसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘गाड़ी/वैन’)

• खे: in the sky/open space
• खे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun (locative use)
• Root: ख (प्रातिपदिक)

• युगस्य: of the yoke
• युगस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतक्रतो: O hundred-powered/ hundred-willed one (Indra)
• शतक्रतो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-विशेषण)

• अपालाम्: Apālā (the maiden)
• अपालाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अपाला (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री-नाम)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिष्पूत्वि: with a threefold purification/straining
• त्रिष्पूत्वि: करण
• Type: Noun (instrumental)
• Root: त्रि-पूत्वि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘threefold cleansing/straining’)

• अकृणोः: you made; you did
• अकृणोः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• सूर्यत्वचम्: a sun-like skin/complexion
• सूर्यत्वचम्: कर्म (result/object)
• Type: Noun (accusative)
• Root: सूर्य-त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sun-skin/solar complexion’)