Rig Veda 8.2.42: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 42
Sukta 8.2
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; Kaṇvāḥ)
Devata: Indra (with attendant powers/Marut-like allies implied by plural ‘tye’)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत सु त्ये पयोवृधा माकी रणस्य नप्त्या । जनित्वनाय मामहे ॥
Transliteration
utá sú tyé payo-vṛ́dhā mākī́ raṇásya náp̄tyā | jani-tvanā́ya mamahe ||
Translation
उत सु ते पयोवृधाः—पयःपुष्टिकराः—माकी रणस्य नप्त्यायां हीयन्ते; जनित्वनाय (नवभवाय) वयं मामहे—तां शक्तिं स्तुमः, आह्वयामश्च।
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (avyaya)
सुindeed, well
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (avyaya)
त्येthose (they)
त्ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
पयोवृधाmilk-/nourishment-increasing, fostering
पयोवृधा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपयस् + वृध (समास; prātipadika)
माकीnot at all, by no means
माकी:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा + की (निषेधार्थ निपात; वैदिक)
रणस्यof battle, of combat
रणस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootरण (prātipadika)
नप्त्याby/with (their) grandsonship/descendant-status
नप्त्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनप्त्य (prātipadika)
जनित्वनायfor begetting/birth, for generation
जनित्वनाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजनित्वन (kṛdanta/prātipadika from √जन्)
मामहेwe invoke/entreat; we seek (to obtain)
मामहे:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√मंह्/√मह् (वैदिक: मामहे)
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