Rig Veda 8.78.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 78, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.78

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

क्रत्व इत्पूर्णमुदरं तुरस्यास्ति विधतः । वृत्रघ्नः सोमपाव्नः ॥

Transliteration

kratvá ít pūrṇám udáraṃ turásyāsti vidhatáḥ | vṛtraghnáḥ somapā́vnaḥ ||

Translation

Dengan daya-kehendak (kratu) wujudnya penuh; bagi yang mempersembahkan, Sang Pembunuh Vṛtra yang tangkas memiliki kelimpahan batin yang melimpah—dia yang meminum Soma dan menegakkannya dalam diri kami.

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• क्रत्वः: of (his) resolve/strength, of (his) power of will
• क्रत्वः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु- (प्रातिपदिक) < √कृ (करोति) ‘to do, make’ (etym.)

• इत्: indeed, just, even
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात) < इति/इद्-प्रयोग (Vedic particle)

• पूर्णम्: full, filled
• पूर्णम्: विशेषण (of ‘उदरम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण- (कृदन्त/विशेषण) < √पॄ (पृणाति) ‘to fill’

• उदरम्: belly, belly-cavity; (fig.) interior/abundance
• उदरम्: Kartā (subject of ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुरस्य: of the swift/impetuous (one)
• तुरस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival: ‘of the impetuous one’)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized as epithet)
• Root: तुर- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘swift, impetuous’

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति) ‘to be’

• विधतः: of the worshipper, of the institutor (of the rite)
• विधतः: सम्बन्ध (genitival: ‘of the worshipper/ordainer’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधत्- (प्रातिपदिक) < √धा (धत्ते) with वि-; ‘arranger, worshipper, institutor’

• वृत्रघ्नः: Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रघ्नः: Kartā (appositional subject) / विशेष्य (epithet)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: वृत्रघ्न- (तत्पुरुष समास) = वृत्र + घ्न (from √हन् ‘to slay’)

• सोमपाव्नः: Soma-purifier; (one) who purifies Soma
• सोमपाव्नः: Kartā (appositional subject) / विशेष्य (epithet)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: सोमपावन्- (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास) = सोम + पावन् (from √पू ‘to purify/cleanse’; Vedic agent noun)