Rig Veda 8.93.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 32
Sukta 8.93
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
द्विता यो वृत्रहन्तमो विद इन्द्रः शतक्रतुः । उप नो हरिभिः सुतम् ॥
Transliteration
dvitā́ yó vṛtrahántamo vidé índraḥ śatákratuḥ | úpa no háribhiḥ sutám ||
Translation
On, który jest po dwakroć najwyższym pogromcą Osłoniacza, Indra, Stupotężny, jest znany: przybądź do nas ze swoimi płowymi rumakami ku wyciśniętej Somie.
Word by Word
द्विताtwice; again; in two ways
द्विता:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/प्रकार-निर्देश) / वाक्योपपद
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्वि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) → द्विता (अव्यय) अथवा द्वि + ता
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचक-यः…सः) / कर्तृपद
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रहन्तमःthe most Vṛtra-slaying; the best slayer of Vṛtra
वृत्रहन्तमः:
Kartā-विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य) / विशेष्य-समन्वय
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्रहन् (वृत्र + हन्) + तम (तमप्-प्रत्यय)
विदO knower / indeed (Vedic particle)
विद:
सम्बोधन/वाक्य-निपात (कारकातीत)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविद् (√विद् ‘जानाति/विन्दति’) — वैदिक प्रयोगे ‘विद्’ इति निपात/सम्बोधन-रूपेण
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (मुख्य कर्ता) / विषय
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शतक्रतुःof a hundred powers/stratagems; the hundred-minded
शतक्रतुः:
Kartā-विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य उपाधि)
TypeNoun (epithet) / Adjective
Rootशत-क्रतु (समास; क्रतु ‘शक्ति/यज्ञ-प्रज्ञा/उपाय’)
उपnear; towards
उप:
क्रियाविशेषण (आगमन-निर्देश) / वाक्योपपद
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna (अस्मभ्यम् ‘to us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हरिभिःwith the bay steeds (Indra’s horses)
हरिभिः:
Karaṇa (येन—‘with the bays/with the bay steeds’)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतम्the pressed (Soma); pressed offering
सुतम्:
Karma (आह्वान/आगमनस्य विषयः—‘pressed soma’)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective) used as noun
Rootसु (√सु ‘सवति/सुनोति’ ‘to press’) → सुत (कृदन्त, क्त)
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
