Rig Veda 8.93.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 16

Sukta 8.93

Devata: Indra (with his host/forces)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

श्रुतं वो वृत्रहन्तमं प्र शर्धं चर्षणीनाम् । आ शुषे राधसे महे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.93.16

Transliteration

śrutáṃ vo vṛtrahán-tamam prá śárdhaṃ carṣaṇīnā́m | ā́ śúṣe rā́dhase mahé ||

Translation

श्रुतं वः वृत्रहन्तमं बलं, चर्षणीनां प्र शर्धम्। आ शुषे राधसे महे॥

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Word by Word

• श्रुतम्: heard; renowned
• श्रुतम्: कर्म (object of an implied ‘we have heard/it is heard’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used predicatively)
• Root: √श्रु (श्रवणे) → श्रुत (PPP)

• वः: of you; your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• वृत्रहन्तमम्: the most Vṛtra-slaying; the greatest slayer of Vṛtra
• वृत्रहन्तमम्: कर्म (object of praise/hearing)
• Type: Adjective (superlative)
• Root: वृत्रहन् (वृत्र + √हन् ‘to slay’)

• प्र: forth; forward; prominently
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (preverb)

• शर्धम्: host; troop; band
• शर्धम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्ध (prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चर्षणीनाम्: of the peoples; of men
• चर्षणीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive dependent on शर्धम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्षणी (prātipadika; ‘men/peoples’)

• आ: towards; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (preverb)

• शुषे: I have hastened; I have eagerly set myself
• शुषे: कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शु (शवने/शोषणे in Vedic; here ‘to be eager/impel oneself’) → शुष्

• राधसे: for bounty; for gift/wealth
• राधसे: सम्प्रदान (purpose/beneficiary: ‘for’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (prātipadika)

• महे: great
• महे: विशेषण (qualifier of राधसे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (prātipadika)