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Rig Veda 7.98.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 98, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.98

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

यद्योधया महतो मन्यमानान्त्साक्षाम तान्बाहुभिः शाशदानान् । यद्वा नृभिर्वृत इन्द्राभियुध्यास्तं त्वयाजिं सौश्रवसं जयेम ॥

yád yodháyā maható manyamānā́n sākṣā́ma tā́n bāhúbhiḥ śāśadānā́n | yád vā nṛ́bhir vṛ́ta indra abhí-yudhyās táṃ tvayā́jim sauśravásaṃ jayema ||

जेव्हा तू युद्धात त्या महानांना हाकलतोस—जे स्वतःला अतिबलवान मानतात—आणि आम्ही त्यांना प्रत्यक्ष समोरून, भुजांच्या बळावर धावून येणाऱ्यांना, दाबून टाकतो; किंवा, हे इंद्रा, नरांसह निवडला जाऊन तू वृत्राविरुद्ध अभियुद्ध करतोस—तेव्हा तुझ्या साहाय्याने आम्ही तो संग्राम जिंकू, जो ‘सुश्रवस्’ (सत्कीर्ती) देणारा आहे.

यत्when; that
यत्:
TypeIndeclinable (relative pronoun used adverbially) / Conjunction
Rootयद्
योधयाःyou cause to fight; you set (them) to battle
योधयाः:
Kriyā (predicate); implied Kartā = ‘त्वम् (इन्द्र)’
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (caus.) → योधय-
महतःof the great (one); of the mighty
महतः:
Sambandha (genitive relation) with मन्युमानान्
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
Rootमहत्
मन्युमानान्those who are full of wrath; the wrathful
मन्युमानान्:
Karma (object) of योधयाः / शाशदान्
TypeAdjective (substantivized) / Noun
Rootमन्यु- + -मान (possessive) → मन्युमान्
साक्षाम्directly; face to face
साक्षाम्:
Adverbial (manner) modifying शाशदान्
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाक्षात् (Vedic adverbial form) / साक्षा
तान्those
तान्:
Karma (object), in apposition to मन्युमानान्
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
बाहुभिःwith (your) arms
बाहुभिः:
Karaṇa (instrument) of शाशदान्
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु-
शाशदानान्smitting; overpowering; driving down
शाशदानान्:
Karma (those whom you smite/overpower)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootशद्/शाद् (Vedic) → शाशद् (intensive/reduplicated aorist/preterite stem used as participial)
यत्when; that
यत्:
TypeIndeclinable (relative pronoun used adverbially)
Rootयद्
वाor; alternatively
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
नृभिःwith men; by heroes
नृभिः:
Sahakāraka/Karaṇa (association/instrument) with अभियुध्याः
TypeNoun
Rootनृ-
वृतःchosen; accompanied; surrounded
वृतः:
Kartā (subject complement) of implied ‘असि’ with इन्द्र
TypeParticiple (past passive) used predicatively
Rootवृ (to choose/cover) → वृत-
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambोधन (address)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र-
अभियुध्याःyou fight against; you engage in battle
अभियुध्याः:
Kriyā (predicate); Kartā = ‘त्वम् (इन्द्र)’
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (with preverb अभि-) → अभियुध्य-
तम्that (one); him
तम्:
Karma (object) of जयेम
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
त्वयाwith you; by you
त्वया:
Karaṇa / Sahakāraka (means/companionship) for जयेम
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
अजिम्the race; the contest; the battle
अजिम्:
Karma (object) of जयेम (win the contest)
TypeNoun
Rootअजि-
सौश्रवसम्of good fame; glorious
सौश्रवसम्:
Viśeṣaṇa of तम्
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसु-श्रवस्- → सौश्रवस-
जयेमmay we win; may we conquer
जयेम:
Kriyā (main predicate); Kartā = ‘वयम्’
TypeVerb
Rootजि

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