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Rig Veda 6.33.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 33, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.33

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 6.33)

स त्वं न इन्द्राकवाभिरूती सखा विश्वायुरविता वृधे भूः । स्वर्षाता यद्ध्वयामसि त्वा युध्यन्तो नेमधिता पृत्सु शूर ॥

sa tvaṃ na indra akavābhir ūtī sakhā viśvāyur avitā vṛdhe bhūḥ | svaḥ-sātā yad hvayāmasi tvā yudhyanto nema-dhitā pṛtsu śūra ||

Be thou indeed for us, O Indra, with thy unweakened succours, a friend of the entire life, a protector for our increase. When we call thee as the winner of the luminous heaven, then in the battles, O hero, we fight as those who set their foundation firmly and do not yield the ground.

सःhe (that one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अकवाभिःwith the non-poets / unskilled ones
अकवाभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअकव (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतीwith help, with aid
ऊती:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
सखा(as) a friend
सखा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वायुःall-life-giving / of universal lifetime
विश्वायुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वायु (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + आयु)
अविताprotector
अविता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √अव् ‘to protect’)
वृधेfor increase, for strengthening
वृधे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (verbal/abstract)
Rootवृध् (धातु) → वृधि/वृध (कृदन्त-भाव/उद्देश्य) / or वृध् as verbal noun
भूःbe (become)!
भूः:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
स्वःषाताwinner of heaven/light
स्वःषाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootस्वःषातृ (प्रातिपदिक; स्वः + √षा/√सन्? ‘to win/obtain’ in RV usage)
यत्when / that
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ह्वयामसिwe invoke
ह्वयामसि:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे/√ह्वा (धातु ‘to call, invoke’)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
युध्यन्तःfighting
युध्यन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√युध् (धातु ‘to fight’) → युध्यन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
नेमधिताःset/placed in order; steadfast
नेमधिताः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√नेम्/नम्? + √धा (धातु ‘to place’) → नेमधित (कृदन्त; RV form)
पृत्सुin battles
पृत्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृत्/पृतना (प्रातिपदिक; ‘battle, fight’)
शूरO hero
शूर:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)

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