Rig Veda 1.80.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 80, Mantra 8
Sukta 1.80
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि ते वज्रासो अस्थिरन्नवतिं नाव्या अनु । महत्त इन्द्र वीर्यं बाह्वोस्ते बलं हितमर्चन्ननु स्वराज्यम् ॥
Transliteration
ví te vájrāso asthiran navatíṃ nāvyā́ḥ ánu | mahát ta indra vī́ryaṃ bāhvós te bálaṃ hitám ’rcann ánu sva-rā́jyam ||
Translation
Thy thunderbolts were set in motion, following after the ninety and nine; great, O Indra, is thy hero-force—thy strength is lodged in thy arms—shining in the wake of thy self-sovereignty.
Word by Word
विapart, asunder, forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) / प्रादि
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
वज्रासःthunderbolts
वज्रासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्थिरन्they stood / were set (forth)
अस्थिरन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + वि-
नवतिम्ninety
नवतिम्:
कर्म (परिमाण/संख्या)
TypeNumeral
Rootनवति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
नाव्याःof a ship; ship-borne / nautical
नाव्याः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootनाव्य (प्रातिपदिक) < नाव्/नौ (ship) + य
अनुalong, following, after
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
महत्great
महत्:
विशेषण/कर्म (परिमाण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वीर्यम्heroic power, prowess
वीर्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक) < वीर
बाह्वोःin/of (your) two arms
बाह्वोः:
अधिकारण/सम्बन्ध (in/at the two arms)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
बलम्strength
बलम्:
कर्म/विषय
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
हितम्placed, set, established
हितम्:
विशेषण (बलम्)
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootहि (धातु) → हित (PPP) / or √धा with hi-? (standard: √हि ‘to impel’ → हित ‘placed’)
अर्चन्they praised, they sang
अर्चन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
अनुafter, in accordance with
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (अव्यय)
स्वराज्यम्self-rule, sovereignty
स्वराज्यम्:
कर्म/विषय
TypeNoun
Rootस्वराज्य (प्रातिपदिक) < स्व- + राज्य
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