Rig Veda 8.99.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 99, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.99
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इष्कर्तारमनिष्कृतं सहस्कृतं शतमूतिं शतक्रतुम् । समानमिन्द्रमवसे हवामहे वसवानं वसूजुवम् ॥
Transliteration
iṣkartā́ram ániṣkṛtaṃ sáhaskṛtaṃ śatámūtíṃ śatákratum | samānám índram ávase havāmahe vásavānaṃ vasūjúvam ||
Translation
We call for help Indra the fashioner of the right issue, unperverted, made of force; of a hundred succors, of a hundred workings—this same Indra we invoke for protection, rich in plenitude and driving us toward the true riches.
Word by Word
इष्कर्तारम्the accomplisher/producer (of strength/aid)
इष्कर्तारम्:
कर्म (हवामहे का)
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootइष्कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; इष्-√कृ/कॄ ‘to make/prepare’ से कर्तृ-निर्माण) अथवा इष्कर (विशेषण/नाम) + तृ
अनिष्कृतम्unbought/unredeemed; not paid off (i.e., not to be bribed)
अनिष्कृतम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootनिष्कृत (ppp. √कृ ‘to make, accomplish’) उपसर्ग नि- + निष्; न- (नञ्) + निष्कृत
सहस्कृतम्made/strengthened by might; might-wrought
सहस्कृतम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (ppp.)
Rootसहस् + कृत (ppp. √कृ) / ‘सहसा कृत’
शतमूतिम्of a hundred helps/bounties
शतमूतिम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa used as epithet)
Rootशत + मूति (मूति/मूति- ‘help, bounty, favor’ प्रातिपदिक)
शतक्रतुम्of a hundred powers/stratagems
शतक्रतुम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootशत + क्रतु (क्रतु- ‘power, resolve, rite, intelligence’)
समानम्the same (ever-present/constant)
समानम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (विशेषण ‘same, common’)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म (हवामहे का)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम)
अवसेfor help/protection
अवसे:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य: ‘aid’ हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (अवस्- ‘aid, protection’)
हवामहेwe invoke/call
हवामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वा/ह्वे ‘to call, invoke’)
वसवानम्wealth-possessing
वसवानम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवसवान् (वसु- ‘wealth’ + वत्; ‘possessing wealth’)
वसूजुवम्swift in bestowing wealth / wealth-speeding
वसूजुवम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवसू + जुव (जुव- ‘swift, impetuous’; √जु/जव् ‘to speed’ से) — कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि विशेषण
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