Rig Veda 8.77.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 77, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.77
Devata: Indra (with Vishnu as cooperating power)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वेत्ता विष्णुराभरदुरुक्रमस्त्वेषितः । शतं महिषान्क्षीरपाकमोदनं वराहमिन्द्र एमुषम् ॥
Transliteration
viśvā́ ít tā́ víṣṇur ā́bharad urukramás tvā́iṣitaḥ | śatáṃ mahiṣā́n kṣīrapākám odanám varāhám índra emuṣám ||
Translation
खरोखरच, उरुक्रम विष्णूने—तुझ्या ज्वलंत प्रेरणेने प्रेरित होऊन—हे सर्व तुझ्यासाठी आणले: शंभर महिष (प्रबळ शक्ती), क्षीरपाक ओदन, आणि वराह—एमुष—हे इंद्रा, वश करून रूपांतर करण्याजोग्या बळरूपाने।
Word by Word
विश्वेall (the gods/ones)
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्ताthus, in this manner
इत्ता:
Adhikaraṇa (manner) / Avyaya (manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्था/इत्त (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक रूप)
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, hither; (as verbal prefix)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
अभरत्bore, carried, brought
अभरत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरणे)
उरुक्रमःwide-striding (Viṣṇu)
उरुक्रमः:
Kartā (apposition to विष्णुः)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootउरु-क्रम (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
त्वेषितःimpelled/urged; blazing, stirred
त्वेषितः:
Kartā (apposition to विष्णुः)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√त्विष् (दीप्तौ) → त्वेषित (कृदन्त)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (quantifier)
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
महिषान्buffaloes
महिषान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहिष (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षीरपाकम्milk-cooking; milk-porridge
क्षीरपाकम्:
Karma (appositional/secondary object)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर-पाक (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
ओदनम्cooked rice, gruel
ओदनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootओदन (प्रातिपदिक)
वराहम्boar
वराहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवराह (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sampradāna (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
एमुषम्Emuṣa (name of the boar/foe)
एमुषम्:
Karma
TypeProper Noun
Rootएमुष (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक नाम)
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