Rig Veda 8.96.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 96, Mantra 10

Sukta 8.96

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मह उग्राय तवसे सुवृक्तिं प्रेरय शिवतमाय पश्वः । गिर्वाहसे गिर इन्द्राय पूर्वीर्धेहि तन्वे कुविदङ्ग वेदत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.96.10

Transliteration

mahá ugrā́ya taváse su-vṛ́ktiṃ préra ya śivá-tamāya paśváḥ | gírvāhase gíra índrāya pūrvī́r dhéhí tanvé kúvid áṅga védat ||

Translation

Envia um hino bem composto ao Grande, ao terrível, ao forte — para o mais auspicioso aumento dos nossos rebanhos interiores (potências). Para Indra, portador da Palavra, coloca no nosso próprio corpo as muitas antigas fórmulas; talvez, em verdade, ele as reconheça e as desperte em nós.

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Word by Word

• महत्: a great (hymn/utterance)
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *megʰ-

• उग्राय: to the fierce one
• उग्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तवसे: to (his) might / for strength
• तवसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तवस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √तव् ‘to be strong’

• सुवृक्तिम्: a well-fashioned hymn
• सुवृक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-वृक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृज्/√वृक् ‘to arrange, compose’ (Vedic ‘hymnic composition’)

• प्रेरय: impel / send forth
• प्रेरय: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√ईरय्/√ईर् ‘to set in motion, impel’

• शिवतमाय: to the most auspicious
• शिवतमाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिवतम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of शिव)

• पश्वः: of the cattle / of the beast (wealth)
• पश्वः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिर्वाहसे: to the song-bearer
• गिर्वाहसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: गिर्-वहस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘carrier of songs’) < गिर् ‘song’ + √वह् ‘to carry’

• गिरः: songs, praises
• गिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राय: to Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वीः: many (ancient)
• पूर्वीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्वी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘former/earlier’, here ‘many, of old’)

• धेहि: place / bestow
• धेहि: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा ‘to put, place’

• तन्वे: for the body / for oneself
• तन्वे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुवित्: whether indeed? / perhaps?
• कुवित्: (वाक्य-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कु + वित् (अव्यय; interrogative/particle)

• अङ्ग: indeed, pray
• अङ्ग: (वाक्य-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अङ्ग (निपात)

• वेदत्: he found / he perceived / he knew
• वेदत्: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् ‘to know, find’