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Rig Veda 3.36.11: Mandala 3, Sukta 36, Mantra 11

Sukta 3.36

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina.
Devata: Indra.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable).

शुनं हुवेम मघवानमिन्द्रमस्मिन्भरे नृतमं वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तमुग्रमूतये समत्सु घ्नन्तं वृत्राणि संजितं धनानाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.36.11

śunáṃ huvema maghávānam índram asmín bháre nṛ́-tamaṃ vā́ja-sātau | śṛṇvántam ugrám ūtáye samátsu ghnántaṃ vṛtrā́ṇi saṃjítam dhánānām ||

Para o nosso bem chamamos Indra, o generoso, nesta batalha — o mais varonil para a conquista da plenitude. Que ele nos ouça, o terrível, para auxílio nos embates, abatendo os Vṛtra, vencedor dos tesouros.

शुनम्auspiciously; with good fortune
शुनम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशुनम् (प्रातिपदिक; अव्यय) < PIE *ḱuH-no-? (Vedic adverbial)
हुवेमlet us invoke; may we call
हुवेम:
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते) ‘to call, invoke’
मघवानम्the bountiful one
मघवानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bountiful, giver’
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भरेin the battle/contest
भरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bearing; battle, contest’
नृतमम्the most heroic; best of men
नृतमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनृतम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of नृ ‘man’ in sense ‘most manly/heroic’)
वाजसातौin the prize-winning contest
वाजसातौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवाजसाति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘winning of prize/strength; prize-contest’
शृण्वन्तम्hearing; listening
शृण्वन्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Root√श्रु (शृणोति) ‘to hear’ → शृण्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
उग्रम्mighty; fierce
उग्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘mighty, fierce’
ऊतयेfor help; for aid
ऊतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘help, aid’
समत्सुin the battles
समत्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमत्सु (प्रातिपदिक; loc. pl.) ‘in battles’ (< सम्+अत्सु/अत्सु ‘fight’ वैदिक)
घ्नन्तम्slaying; striking down
घ्नन्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Root√हन् (हन्ति) ‘to strike, slay’ → घ्नन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
वृत्राणिthe Vṛtras/obstacles
वृत्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘obstructor; Vṛtra’
संजितम्fully victorious; having conquered
संजितम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootसम्+√जि (जयति) ‘to conquer’ → संजित (भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
धनानाम्of riches; of treasures
धनानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wealth, prize’

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