Rig Veda 8.12.11: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 11

Sukta 8.12

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गर्भो यज्ञस्य देवयुः क्रतुं पुनीत आनुषक् । स्तोमैरिन्द्रस्य वावृधे मिमीत इत् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.12.11

Transliteration

gárbho yajñásya devayúḥ krátum punīta ānuṣák | stomáir índrasya vāvṛdhe mimī́ta ít ||

Translation

ครรภ์แห่งยัญญะ ผู้แสวงหาเทพ ย่อมชำระเจตจำนง (kratu) อย่างสืบเนื่อง; ด้วยบทสรรเสริญทั้งหลาย พลังของอินทรา (Indra) ย่อมเพิ่มพูน—แท้จริงแล้ว เขาย่อมวัดกำหนดการก่อรูปอันชอบธรรมไว้.

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Word by Word

• गर्भः: the embryo; the inner core (of the rite)
• गर्भः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवयुः: god-seeking; devoted to the gods
• देवयुः: कर्तृ (गर्भः का विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: देवयु (प्रातिपदिक; देव + यु ‘seeking/longing’)

• क्रतुम्: the resolve; ritual power/plan
• क्रतुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनीते: purifies (for himself/itself); becomes purified
• पुनीते: क्रिया (कर्तृ: गर्भः/देवयुः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु; पुनाति ‘to purify’)

• आनुषक्: successively; in proper sequence
• आनुषक्: क्रियाविशेषण (रीति/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आनुषक् (अव्यय; ‘in due order, successively, along the line’)

• स्तोमैः: with hymns; with praises
• स्तोमैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वावृधे: has grown; has increased
• वावृधे: क्रिया (कर्तृ: गर्भः/देवयुः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु; ‘to grow, increase’)

• मिमीते: measures out; apportions
• मिमीते: क्रिया (कर्तृ: गर्भः/देवयुः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु; ‘to measure, mete out’)

• इत्: indeed; just; precisely
• इत्: निपात (बल/निश्चयार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (अव्यय/निपात; emphatic particle)