Rig Veda 3.37.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 37, Mantra 6
Sukta 3.37
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (hymn-level ascription)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (hymn-level)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वाजेषु सासहिर्भव त्वामीमहे शतक्रतो । इन्द्र वृत्राय हन्तवे ॥
Transliteration
vā́jeṣu sāsahír bhava tvā́m īmahe śatakrato | índra vṛtrā́ya hántave ||
Translation
In the gains of force be thou our overcomer; thee we seek, O hundred-powered Indra, to strike down the coverer of our light and movement.
Word by Word
वाजेषुin/among prizes (strengths, spoils)
वाजेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootवाज
सासहिःvictorious, overpowering
सासहिः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण) / सम्बोधनार्थ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसासहि (प्रातिपदिक; √सह ‘to overcome’ से) अथवा √सह (कृदन्त-आधार)
भवbe (become)!
भव:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√भू
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
ईमहेwe invoke / we seek
ईमहे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (आत्मनेपद; ‘to strive/seek, to invoke’ वैदिक प्रयोग)
शतक्रतोO hundred-powered (Indra)
शतक्रतो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
वृत्रायfor/against Vṛtra
वृत्राय:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन: ‘for Vṛtra’ = ‘against Vṛtra’ वैदिक दैवत्य-प्रयोग)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र
हन्तवेto slay (to strike down)
हन्तवे:
प्रयोजन (क्रियार्थ) / कर्म-सम्बन्ध
TypeVerbal noun (infinitive)
Root√हन्
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