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Rig Veda 8.77.5Mandala 8, Sukta 77, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.77

Devata: Indra

अभि गन्धर्वमतृणदबुध्नेषु रजस्स्वा । इन्द्रो ब्रह्मभ्य इद्वृधे ॥

abhí gandharvám atṛṇad abudhnéṣu rájaḥ-sv ā́ | índro brahmá-bhya íd vṛdhé ||

इन्द्रो गन्धर्वम् अतृणद् अबुध्नेषु रजःस्व्; स च ऋषीणां ब्रह्मणः वृद्धये वर्धते—मन्त्रस्य रक्षकः सिद्धिदश्च।

अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गन्धर्वम्the Gandharva (celestial being)
गन्धर्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अतृणत्struck/overcame
अतृणत्:
TypeVerb
Root√तृद्/तृणद् (हिंसार्थ/विदारणार्थ; Vedic: ‘to strike/overcome’)
अबुध्नेषुin the bottomless (depths/regions)
अबुध्नेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअ-बुध्न (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bottomless/without base’)
रजःस्वाin the airy space(s) itself / in its own regions
रजःस्वा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun + Indeclinable (enclitic)
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (एन्क्लिटिक/अव्यय ‘self/own’)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मभ्यःto/for the sacred formulations (prayers)
ब्रह्मभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic)
वृधेfor increase/growth (for thriving)
वृधे:
Sampradāna
TypeVerbal noun/Adjective (used predicatively)
Root√वृध् (वर्धने) → वृध (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक ‘growing, thriving’)

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