Rig Veda 8.12.23 — Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 23

Sukta 8.12

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

महान्तं महिना वयं स्तोमेभिर्हवनश्रुतम् । अर्कैरभि प्र णोनुमः समोजसे ॥

Transliteration

mahā́ntaṃ mahinā́ vayáṃ stómebhir havana-śrútaṃ | arkáir abhí prá nonumaḥ sám ójase ||

Translation

Him the Vast, great by his greatness, the Hearer of our call, we press forward with hymns; with illumined chants we drive him on and make him gather into effective force.

Word by Word

• महान्तम्: the great (one)
• महान्तम्: कर्म (स्तुत्य/आह्वेय-वस्तु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महान्त् (प्रातिपदिक; महत्-स्तेम)

• महिना: by greatness, by might
• महिना: करण (by/with greatness, might)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोमेभिः: with hymns of praise
• स्तोमेभिः: करण (with praises/hymns)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• हवनश्रुतम्: hearing the invocation; famed for hearing calls
• हवनश्रुतम्: कर्म (विशेषणम् महान्तम्-इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: हवनश्रुत् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: हवन + श्रुत्)

• अर्कैः: with hymns/verses
• अर्कैः: करण (with songs/verses)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: (क्रियाविशेषण/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: सम्प्रदान (for us) / सम्बन्ध (our) — प्रसङ्गानुसार
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नोनुमः: we urge on / we press (with praise)
• नोनुमः: क्रिया (कर्तृ: वयम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नु (नवने/स्तुतौ; वेद. पुनरुक्त-प्रयोग ‘नोनु-’ = तीव्र/आवृत्त-प्रेरणा)

• समोजसे: to/for (his) full strength, to mighty power
• समोजसे: सम्प्रदान (unto/for mighty strength)
• Type: Noun (dative target)
• Root: समोजस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सम् + ओजस्)