Rig Veda 8.89.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 89, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.89
Rishi: Gautama (to be confirmed via Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Indra (with Maruts as co-invokers)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र व इन्द्राय बृहते मरुतो ब्रह्मार्चत । वृत्रं हनति वृत्रहा शतक्रतुर्वज्रेण शतपर्वणा ॥
Transliteration
prá va indrā́ya bṛhaté máruto bráhmārcata | vṛtráṃ hanati vṛtrahā́ śatákratur vájreṇa śatáparvaṇā ||
Translation
玛鲁特啊，为那宏大的因陀罗献上你们的圣言（brahman），使之高扬。诛灭遮蔽者的勇士——百谋之主（Śatakratu）——以百节之雷霆（vajra）击倒弗栗陀罗（Vṛtra）。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वःof you (your)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
इन्द्रायto/for Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहतेto the great
बृहते:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (adj. ‘great’)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मa hymn, sacred utterance
ब्रह्म:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (n. ‘sacred formulation, hymn’)
अर्चतchant/praise (you all)
अर्चत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च्
वृत्रम्Vṛtra
वृत्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
हनतिhe strikes/kills
हनति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहा:
कर्ता
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृत्रहन् (compound: वृत्र + हन्)
शतक्रतुःof a hundred powers/stratagems
शतक्रतुः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशतक्रतु (compound: शत + क्रतु)
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शतपर्वणाwith the hundred-jointed (one)
शतपर्वणा:
करण
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootशतपर्वन् (compound: शत + पर्वन्)
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