Rig Veda 8.54.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 54, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.54
Devata: Indra (with Bhaga as functional epithet/role within Indra’s giving)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यदिन्द्र राधो अस्ति ते माघोनं मघवत्तम । तेन नो बोधि सधमाद्यो वृधे भगो दानाय वृत्रहन् ॥
Transliteration
yád indra rā́dho ásti te mā́ghonaṃ maghavattama | téna no bodhi sadha-mā́dyo vr̥dhé bhágo dānā́ya vr̥tra-han ||
Translation
If there is in you a wealth of grace, O Indra—most bountiful giver—then by that become awake to us, companion in the common delight; grow in us as Bhaga for the giving, O slayer of the Coverer.
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र
राधःbounty, favor
राधः:
Kartā (of अस्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस्
अस्तिis, exists
अस्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (अस्)
तेof you, your
ते:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्)
माघोनम्the bountiful one
माघोनम्:
Karma (of implied ‘to/for’ in address: ‘you, the bountiful’)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootमाघवन्
मघवत्तमmost munificent
मघवत्तम:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमघवत् + तम (superlative)
तेनwith that, by that
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
नःus
नः:
Karma/Sampradāna (of बोधि: ‘us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
बोधिtake notice of, be aware of, awaken to
बोधि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√बुध्
सधमाद्यःcompanion at the soma-feast; fellow-drinker
सधमाद्यः:
Kartā (apposition to इन्द्र)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसधमाद्य
वृधेfor strengthening, for increase
वृधे:
Sampradāna (purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootवृध् (as noun/adj. वृध्/वृधः ‘growth, strengthening’)
भगःBhaga; dispenser of shares/fortune
भगः:
Kartā (of दा- implied/understood with दानाय)
TypeNoun (deity/abstract)
Rootभग
दानायfor giving, for a gift
दानाय:
Sampradāna (purpose)
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootदान
वृत्रहन्O slayer of Vṛtra
वृत्रहन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootवृत्रहन्
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