Rig Veda 8.61.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 61, Mantra 13
Sukta 8.61
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यत इन्द्र भयामहे ततो नो अभयं कृधि । मघवञ्छग्धि तव तन्न ऊतिभिर्वि द्विषो वि मृधो जहि ॥
Transliteration
yátá indra bháyāmahe tátó no ábhayaṃ kṛdhi | mághavañ chágdhi táva tán na ūtíbhir ví dvíṣo ví mṛ́dho jahi ||
Translation
यतः यतः इन्द्र भयामहे, ततः नः अभयं कृधि। मघवन्, तव शग्धिं (जयशक्तिं) नः देहि; तव ऊतिभिः द्विषः वि जहि, मृधः वि जहि।
Word by Word
यत॑ःfrom which (source/whence)
यत॑ः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < यद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(Sambodhana) संबोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
भयामहेwe fear
भयामहे:
Kartā (implicit ‘वयम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootभी (धातु)
ततःfrom that (therefrom)
ततः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < तद् (सर्वनाम)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (recipient) (sense: ‘to us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अभयम्fearlessness, safety
अभयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअ-भय (प्रातिपदिक)
कृधिmake, grant
कृधि:
(Verb) —
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
(Sambodhana) संबोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषण)
शग्धिbe able; help (us)
शग्धि:
(Verb) —
TypeVerb
Rootशक् (धातु)
तवof you, your
तव:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (object of ‘शग्धि’ in sense ‘accomplish that’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
ऊतिभिःwith (your) helps/protections
ऊतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, away
वि:
(Preverb) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्विषःhaters, enemies
द्विषः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, away
वि:
(Preverb) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मृधःhostilities, assaults
मृधः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमृध् (प्रातिपदिक)
जहिstrike down, slay
जहि:
(Verb) —
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
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.