Rig Veda 8.46.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 13
Sukta 8.46
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स नो वाजेष्वविता पुरूवसुः पुरस्थाता मघवा वृत्रहा भुवत् ॥
Transliteration
sá no vā́jeṣv avitā́ purūvásuḥ puraḥsthā́tā maghávā vṛtrahā́ bhuvat ||
Translation
Nguyện Ngài là đấng hộ trợ cho chúng con giữa những sự sung mãn của sức lực—đấng giàu nhiều của cải—đứng phía trước làm người dẫn đường. Nguyện đấng quảng đại, kẻ sát diệt Đấng Che Phủ (Vṛtra), trở thành vì chúng con.
Word by Word
सhe (that one)
स:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सः/सा/तत्) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
नःfor us / to us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
वाजेषुin (the) contests / in prizes (of victory)
वाजेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवाज- (प्रातिपदिक)
अविताprotector, helper
अविता:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agent) / Epithet
Root√अव् (रक्षणे) → अवितृ- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
पुरूवसुःpossessing much wealth
पुरूवसुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootपुरू-वसु- (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘many’+‘goods/wealth’)
पुरस्थाताone who stands in front; leader
पुरस्थाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agent) / Epithet
Rootपुरस्-स्थातृ- (समास-प्रातिपदिक; पुरस् ‘in front’ + √स्था ‘to stand’)
मघवाthe bountiful one
मघवा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agent) / Epithet
Rootवृत्र-हन्- (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘Vṛtra’ + √हन् ‘to slay’)
भुवत्may he be / let him become
भुवत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (सत्तायाम्)
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