Rig Veda 8.2.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 32

Sukta 8.2

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input.

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan aspect)

Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh/Jagatī family; requires verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हन्ता वृत्रं दक्षिणेनेन्द्रः पुरू पुरुहूतः । महान्महीभिः शचीभिः ॥

Transliteration

hántā vṛtráṃ dakṣiṇénéndraḥ purū́ puru-hūtáḥ | mahā́n mahī́bʰiḥ śácībʰiḥ ||

Translation

อินทรา (Indra) ผู้ถูกอัญเชิญเนืองนิตย์ ทรงสังหารวฤตระ (Vṛtra) ด้วยพลังแห่งมือขวา; พระองค์ยิ่งใหญ่ด้วยฤทธิ์อันทรงประสิทธิผล (śacī) อันยิ่งใหญ่ และด้วยฤทธิ์นั้นทรงสถาปนาชัยชนะของสัจจะเหนือผู้ปกปิด

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Word by Word

• हन्ता: indeed; surely; lo!
• हन्ता: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हन् (धातु) / हन्तृ- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा हन्ता (निपात)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra (the obstructing demon)
• वृत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र- (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘to cover/obstruct’ से)

• दक्षिणेन: with the right (hand/side); by the right
• दक्षिणेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (instrumental use)
• Root: दक्षिण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरू: much; many; abundant
• पुरू: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुहूतः: much-invoked; often called upon
• पुरुहूतः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पुरुहूत- (प्रातिपदिक; पुरु + हूत ‘invoked/called’ < √ह्वा/√हू ‘to call’)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• महीभिः: with great (powers/means); with mighty (ones)
• महीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (as feminine plural)
• Root: मही- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘महान्/महती’ से)

• शचीभिः: with powers; with effective might/skills
• शचीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची- (प्रातिपदिक)