Rig Veda 1.80.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 80, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.80
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सहस्रं साकमर्चत परि ष्टोभत विंशतिः । शतैनमन्वनोनवुरिन्द्राय ब्रह्मोद्यतमर्चन्ननु स्वराज्यम् ॥
Transliteration
sahásraṃ sā́kam arcata pári ṣṭobhata viṃśatíḥ | śatáínam ánv anonavur índrāya bráhmódyatam ’rcann ánu sva-rā́jyam ||
Translation
A thousand together sang; twenty circled him with their chant; a hundred followed after and urged him on—raising the inspired word for Indra—shining in the wake of his self-sovereignty.
Word by Word
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
साकम्together, in company
साकम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम् (अव्यय)
अर्चतthey praised/sang
अर्चत:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च्
परिaround, all around
परि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ष्टोभतthey chanted/intoned (stobha)
ष्टोभत:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootस्तुभ्
विंशतिःtwenty
विंशतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविंशति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
शतैःwith hundreds
शतैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
एनम्him (this one)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter, following
अनु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अनोनवुःthey praised/celebrated (Vedic: ‘they lauded’)
अनोनवुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootनु/नव् (धातु; वेदिक रूप)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मsacred utterance, hymn
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्यतम्raised, uplifted
उद्यतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; यत् धातु)
अर्चन्they praised
अर्चन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च्
अनुaccording to, following
अनु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्वराज्यम्self-rule, sovereignty
स्वराज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वराज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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