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Rig Veda 10.28.12: Mandala 10, Sukta 28, Mantra 12

Sukta 10.28

Devata: Soma (with an implied address to a heroic power that brings vāja and śravas; exact devatā assignment requires hymn-level metadata)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; confirm by metrical count)

एते शमीभिः सुशमी अभूवन्ये हिन्विरे तन्वः सोम उक्थैः । नृवद्वदन्नुप नो माहि वाजान्दिवि श्रवो दधिषे नाम वीरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.28.12

eté śámībhiḥ suśámī abhūvann yé hinviré tanváḥ sóma ukthaíḥ | nṛvád vádann úpa no māhi vā́jān diví śrávo dadhiṣe nā́ma vīráḥ ||

These became well-harmonized by acts of pacifying mastery—those who drive their embodied being forward for Soma by the uttered hymns. Speaking with the manly word, come near to us; increase for us the plenitudes of force. In heaven you establish fame and the name of the hero—an enduring stature in the luminous worlds.

एतेthese (men/ones)
एते:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / इदम्-समूह
शमीभिःwith pacifications/appeasements
शमीभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
सुशमीwell-appeased, very pacific
सुशमी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-शमी (उपसर्ग+प्रातिपदिक)
अभूवन्they became
अभूवन्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
हिन्विरेthey impel/urge on
हिन्विरे:
TypeVerb
Rootहिन्व्/हि (धातु; ‘to impel, set in motion’)
तन्वःtheir bodies/persons
तन्वः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
उक्थैःwith hymns/recitations
उक्थैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
नृवत्in manly fashion
नृवत्:
TypeAdverbial adjective
Rootनृवत् (प्रातिपदिक; नृ + वत्)
वदन्speaking, uttering
वदन्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootवद् (धातु)
उपtowards, near
उप:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
माहिgrant (to us)
माहि:
TypeVerb
Rootमाहि (RV-रूप; √मंह्/√मह् ‘to grant, bestow’ अथवा ‘महि’ इति विधिलिङ्-आज्ञार्थ)
वाजान्prizes, strengths, gains
वाजान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
दिविin heaven
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रवःfame, renown
श्रवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दधिषेyou have placed/established (for yourself)
दधिषे:
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) + दधि- (लिट्-आधार)
नामa name
नाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वीरःthe hero (champion)
वीरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)

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