Rig Veda 8.16.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 16, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.16
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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्यानूना गभीरा मदा उरवस्तरुत्राः । हर्षुमन्तः शूरसातौ ॥
Transliteration
yásyānū́nā gabhīrā́ madā́ urávas tárutrāḥ | harṣúmantaḥ śū́ra-sātau ||
Translation
यस्य मदाः अनूनाः गभीराः, उरवः तरुत्राः; हर्षुमन्तः शूरसातौ—एष इन्द्रस्य बलम्, यदस्मासु उदेति।
Word by Word
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
अनूनाnot lacking, undiminished
अनूना:
विशेषण (to the subject ‘madas’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनून (प्रातिपदिक; a- + ऊन ‘deficient’)
गभीराdeep
गभीरा:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootगभीर (प्रातिपदिक)
मदाःraptures, exhilarations (intoxicating joys)
मदाः:
कर्तृ/आश्रय (the one possessing these ‘madas’)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
उरवःwide, vast
उरवः:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootउरु (प्रातिपदिक)
तरुत्राःovercoming, victorious
तरुत्राः:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootतरुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; √तॄ/तॄ ‘to cross, overcome’ से ‘overcoming, victorious’)
हर्षुमन्तःjoyous, exultant
हर्षुमन्तः:
कर्तृ (those who are… / as an epithet of the praised deity or his followers, context-dependent)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootहर्षुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; हर्षु + -मन्त् ‘possessing’)
शूरसातौin the winning of heroes; in heroic victory
शूरसातौ:
अधिकरण (locative: in/at)
TypeNoun (locative phrase)
Rootशूरसाति (प्रातिपदिक; शूर ‘hero’ + साति ‘winning, gaining’)
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