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.
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
नःof us; for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronominal stem)
विश्वासुin all (places/ways)
विश्वासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (prātipadika)
हव्येin the oblation; in the offering
हव्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य (prātipadika)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
समत्सुin battles; in conflicts
समत्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमत्/समत्सु (prātipadika; Vedic ‘battle, conflict’)
भूषतुmay he be present/favorable; may he adorn (himself)
भूषतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभूष् (dhātu)
उपnear; towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (avyaya/upasarga)
ब्रह्माणिhymns; sacred formulations
ब्रह्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (prātipadika)
सवनानिpressings; Soma-rites
सवनानि:
Karma (co-ordinate with ‘ब्रह्माणि’)
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (prātipadika)
वृत्रहाVr̥tra-slayer
वृत्रहा:
Kartā (apposition to ‘इन्द्रः’)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृत्रहन् (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/agent noun)
परमज्याhaving the farthest/utmost bowstring; of supreme might
परमज्या:
Kartā (appositional qualifier)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootपरमज्या (prātipadika; Vedic epithet, lit. ‘with highest/utmost bowstring’)
ऋचीषमःrich in verses; possessing ṛc-hymns
ऋचीषमः:
Kartā (appositional qualifier)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootऋचीषम (prātipadika; Vedic epithet)
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