Rig Veda 8.90.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 90, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.90

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो विश्वासु हव्य इन्द्रः समत्सु भूषतु । उप ब्रह्माणि सवनानि वृत्रहा परमज्या ऋचीषमः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ no víśvāsu hávya índraḥ samátsu bhūṣatu | úpa bráhmāṇi sávanāni vṛtrahā́ paramajyā́ ṛcī́ṣamaḥ ||

Translation

May Indra, the power to be invoked, come to us in all our battles; let the slayer of the Coverer draw near to our mantras and our pressings. Supreme in onset, master of the seer-word, may he take his seat within our offering.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronominal stem)

• विश्वासु: in all (places/ways)
• विश्वासु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• हव्ये: in the oblation; in the offering
• हव्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (prātipadika)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• समत्सु: in battles; in conflicts
• समत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समत्/समत्सु (prātipadika; Vedic ‘battle, conflict’)

• भूषतु: may he be present/favorable; may he adorn (himself)
• भूषतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भूष् (dhātu)

• उप: near; towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (avyaya/upasarga)

• ब्रह्माणि: hymns; sacred formulations
• ब्रह्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (prātipadika)

• सवनानि: pressings; Soma-rites
• सवनानि: Karma (co-ordinate with ‘ब्रह्माणि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (prātipadika)

• वृत्रहा: Vr̥tra-slayer
• वृत्रहा: Kartā (apposition to ‘इन्द्रः’)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रहन् (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/agent noun)

• परमज्या: having the farthest/utmost bowstring; of supreme might
• परमज्या: Kartā (appositional qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: परमज्या (prātipadika; Vedic epithet, lit. ‘with highest/utmost bowstring’)

• ऋचीषमः: rich in verses; possessing ṛc-hymns
• ऋचीषमः: Kartā (appositional qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: ऋचीषम (prātipadika; Vedic epithet)