Rig Veda 8.2.30: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 30
Sukta 8.2
Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input.
Devata: Indra (girvāhas epithet)
Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh/Jagatī family; requires verification.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
गिरश्च यास्ते गिर्वाह उक्था च तुभ्यं तानि । सत्रा दधिरे शवांसि ॥
Transliteration
gíraś ca yā́s te girvāha ukthā́ ca túbhyaṃ tā́ni | satrā́ dadhiré śávāṃsi ||
Translation
ഹേ ഗിർവാഹ (പവിത്ര വാണിയുടെ വാഹകനേ)! നിനക്കുള്ള ഗിരഃ (ഗാനങ്ങൾ)യും ഉക്ഥ (സ്തുതി-ഹിമ്നങ്ങൾ)യും—അവ നിനക്കായി ഒരുമിച്ച് ദൃഢമായി ശവാംസി (ബല-ശക്തികൾ) സ്ഥാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു: വിജയം താങ്ങിനിർത്തുന്ന ഊർജങ്ങൾ.
Word by Word
गिरःhymns, praises
गिरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) < √गॄ/गॢ (गिरति ‘स्तुति/वाणी’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
याःwhich
याः:
Kartā (गिरः इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः) / सम्बन्धक
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘thy’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गिर्वाहO praise-bearer (Indra)
गिर्वाह:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootगिर्वाह- (प्रातिपदिक; गिर् + वाह ‘वह्’)
उक्थाःrecitations, hymns (ukthas)
उक्थाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ- (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तानिthose (things)
तानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सत्राalways, continually
सत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/रीति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसत्रा (अव्यय)
दधिरेthey have set/placed
दधिरे:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधि-; ‘to place, set, establish’)
शवांसिstrengths, powers
शवांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशवस्- (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक)
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