Rig Veda 8.32.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 14

Sukta 8.32

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आयन्तारं महि स्थिरं पृतनासु श्रवोजितम् । भूरेरीशानमोजसा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.32.14

Transliteration

āyantā́raṃ máhi sthiráṃ pṛ́tanāsu śrávo-jitam | bhū́rer ī́śānam ójasā ||

Translation

بڑے اور ستھر رہنما کو گائیں جو آگے بڑھتا ہے، اندرونی میدان کی لڑائیوں میں فتح یاب، بھرپوریت کا مالک اپنی ہستی کی طاقت سے۔

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Word by Word

• आयन्तारम्: the comer/approacher (one who comes)
• आयन्तारम्: कर्म (स्तुत्य/आह्वेय-देवता as object of praise/invocation)
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: आ-यन् (धातु √यम्/√यन् ‘to go/come, approach’; कृत्: तृच्/तृन् → -तार्)

• महि: greatly, mightily
• महि: विशेषण-भाव (क्रिया/गुण-विशेषण; intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (अव्यय; from मह्/महत् ‘great’ used adverbially)

• स्थिरम्: firm, steadfast
• स्थिरम्: कर्म (same object; adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक ‘firm, steady’)

• पृतनासु: in battles
• पृतनासु: अधिकरण (locative: in/among battles)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृतना (स्त्री. ‘battle, host’)

• श्रवोजितम्: winning fame, fame-conquering
• श्रवोजितम्: कर्म (same object; adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रवस् + जित (जित् from √जि ‘to conquer’; compound: ‘fame-winning’)

• भूरेः: of abundance, of much (wealth)
• भूरेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective/Substantive (used substantively)
• Root: भूरि (प्रातिपदिक ‘much, abundant’; here as genitive)

• ईशानम्: ruling over, lord of
• ईशानम्: कर्म (same object; adjectival)
• Type: Adjective/Participle (possessive)
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक; from √ईश् ‘to rule, possess’; ‘ruling, lordly’)

• ओजसा: by (his) might/strength
• ओजसा: करण (instrumental: by/with might)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (नपुं. ‘strength, might’)