Rig Veda 8.32.27

Addressed to: Indra

Group: Hymns of Medhatithi and Other Kanva Sons

Text (Devanagari)

8.32.27

प्र व॑ उ॒ग्राय॑ नि॒ष्टुरेऽषा॑ळ्हाय प्रस॒क्षिणे॑

दे॒वत्तं॒ ब्रह्म॑ गायत

Text (Roman)

8.32.27

prá va ugrā́ya niṣṭúre-

-áṣāḷhāya prasakṣíṇe

deváttam bráhma gāyata

Padapāṭha

8.32.27

nominal stemSGNACC

from bráhman-

brahma : m. a priest (see asura-, ku-, mahābr°)

brahma : n. the one self-existent Spirit, the Absolute, [R.]

brahma : in comp. for brahman. — Observe that in the following derivatives the nom. n. (Brahmă) is used for the impersonal Spirit and the nom. m. (Brahmā) for the personal god.

brahman : bráhman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]

brahman : the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [Pur.]

brahman : the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, [Mn. iv, 100]

brahman : the sacred syllable Om, [Prab.], Sch., (cf. [Mn. ii, 83])

brahman : religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c.), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [R.]

brahman : holy life (esp. continence, chastity; cf. brahma-carya), [Śak. i, 24/25]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.]

brahman : (exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmă or one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return), the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha, prathama-já, svayám-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, śāśvata; and = paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 9, 83] &c.)

brahman : bráhman n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]

brahman : food, [Naigh. ii, 7]

brahman : wealth, [ib.] [10]

brahman : final emancipation, [L.]

brahman : (brahmán), m. one who prays, a devout or religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge, [RV.] &c. &c.

brahman : [cf. Lat., flāmen]

brahman : N. of Bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods), [RV. x, 141, 3]

brahman : one of the 4 principal priests or Ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu and Udgātṛ; the Brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the sacrifice and to set right mistakes; at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda), [RV.] &c. &c.

brahman : Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati, q.v.; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India See [RTL. 555] &c.; his wife is Sarasvatī, [ib.] [48]), [TBr.] &c. &c.

brahman : = brahmaṇa āyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā, [Pañcar.]

brahman : an inhabitant of Brahmā's heaven, [Jātakam.]

brahman : the sun, [L.]

brahman : N. of Śiva, [Prab.], Sch.

brahman : the Veda (?), [PārGṛ.]

brahman : the intellect (= buddhi), [Tattvas.]

brahman : N. of a star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.]

brahman : a partic. astron. Yoga, [L.]

brahman : N. of the 9th Muhūrta, [L.]

brahman : (with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa, [Dharmaś.]

brahman : N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]

brahman : of a magician, [Rājat.]

🔎 bráhma 🔎 bráhman-

| gāyata

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

8.32.27

To him your matchless Mighty One, unconquerable Conqueror, Sing forth the prayer which Gods have given:

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Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
8.32.27	prá pra : prá ind. before pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40]) pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c. pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.] pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-) pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-). 🔎 prá	prá pra : prá ind. before pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40]) pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c. pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.] pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-) pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-). 🔎 prá	invariablelocal particle:LP
8.32.27	vaḥ 🔎 vaḥ	tvám 🔎 tvám	pronounPLGEN
8.32.27	ugrā́ya 🔎 ugrā́ya	ugrá- ugra : ugrá mfn. (said to be fr. √ uc [[Uṇ. ii, 29]], but probably fr. a √ uj, or √ vaj, fr. which also ojas, vāja, vajra may be derived; compar. ugratara and ójīyas; superl. ugratama and ójiṣṭha), powerful, violent, mighty, impetuous, strong, huge, formidable, terrible ugra : high, noble ugra : cruel, fierce, ferocious, savage ugra : angry, passionate, wrathful ugra : hot, sharp, pungent, acrid, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [R.]; [Śak.]; [Ragh.] &c. ugra : ugrá m. N. of Rudra or Śiva, [MBh.]; [VP.] ugra : of a particular Rudra, [BhP.] ugra : N. of a mixed tribe (from a Kṣatriya father and Śūdra mother; the Ugra, according to [Manu. x, 9], is of cruel or rude [krūra] conduct [ācāra] and employment [vihāra], as killing or catching snakes &c.; but according to the Tantras he is an encomiast or bard), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c. ugra : a twice-born man who perpetrates dreadful deeds Comm. on [Āp. i, 7, 20]; [Āp.]; [Gaut.] ugra : the tree Hyperanthera Moringa, [L.] ugra : N. of a Dānava, [Hariv.] ugra : a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.] ugra : the Guru of Narendrāditya (who built a temple called Ugreśa) ugra : a group of asterisms (viz. pūrva-phālgunī, pūrvāṣāḍhā, pūrva-bhādrapadā, maghā, bharaṇī) ugra : N. of the Malabar country ugra : ugrá (am), n. a particular poison, the root of Aconitum Ferox ugra : wrath, anger; ugra : , [cf. Zd. ughra: Gk. ὑγι-ής, ὑγίεια, Lat. augeo &c. : Goth. auka, ‘I increase’; Lith. ug-is, ‘growth, increase’; aug-u, ‘I grow’, &c.] 🔎 ugrá-	nominal stemSGMDAT
8.32.27	niṣṭúre 🔎 niṣṭúre	niṣṭúr- niṣṭur : niṣ-ṭúr mfn. (√ tṝ) throwing down, overthrowing, [RV.] 🔎 niṣṭúr-	nominal stemSGMDAT
8.32.27	áṣāḷhāya 🔎 áṣāḷhāya	áṣāḷha- 🔎 áṣāḷha-	nominal stemSGMDAT
8.32.27	prasakṣíṇe 🔎 prasakṣíṇe	prasakṣín- prasakṣin : pra-sakṣin See under pra-√ sah. prasakṣin : pra-°sakṣín mfn. overpowering, victorious, [RV.] 🔎 prasakṣín-	nominal stemSGMDAT
8.32.27	deváttam 🔎 deváttam	devátta- devatta : devá—°tta (°vá-, for devá-datta) mfn. god-given, [RV.] 🔎 devátta-	nominal stemSGNACC
8.32.27	bráhma brahma : m. a priest (see asura-, ku-, mahābr°) brahma : n. the one self-existent Spirit, the Absolute, [R.] brahma : in comp. for brahman. — Observe that in the following derivatives the nom. n. (Brahmă) is used for the impersonal Spirit and the nom. m. (Brahmā) for the personal god. 🔎 bráhma	bráhman- brahman : bráhman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.] brahman : the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [Pur.] brahman : the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, [Mn. iv, 100] brahman : the sacred syllable Om, [Prab.], Sch., (cf. [Mn. ii, 83]) brahman : religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c.), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [R.] brahman : holy life (esp. continence, chastity; cf. brahma-carya), [Śak. i, 24/25]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.] brahman : (exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmă or one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return), the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha, prathama-já, svayám-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, śāśvata; and = paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 9, 83] &c.) brahman : bráhman n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.] brahman : food, [Naigh. ii, 7] brahman : wealth, [ib.] [10] brahman : final emancipation, [L.] brahman : (brahmán), m. one who prays, a devout or religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge, [RV.] &c. &c. brahman : [cf. Lat., flāmen] brahman : N. of Bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods), [RV. x, 141, 3] brahman : one of the 4 principal priests or Ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu and Udgātṛ; the Brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the sacrifice and to set right mistakes; at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda), [RV.] &c. &c. brahman : Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati, q.v.; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India See [RTL. 555] &c.; his wife is Sarasvatī, [ib.] [48]), [TBr.] &c. &c. brahman : = brahmaṇa āyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā, [Pañcar.] brahman : an inhabitant of Brahmā's heaven, [Jātakam.] brahman : the sun, [L.] brahman : N. of Śiva, [Prab.], Sch. brahman : the Veda (?), [PārGṛ.] brahman : the intellect (= buddhi), [Tattvas.] brahman : N. of a star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.] brahman : a partic. astron. Yoga, [L.] brahman : N. of the 9th Muhūrta, [L.] brahman : (with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa, [Dharmaś.] brahman : N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.] brahman : of a magician, [Rājat.] 🔎 bráhman-	nominal stemSGNACC
8.32.27	gāyata 🔎 gāyata	√gā(y)- 🔎 √gā(y)-	rootPLPRSACT2IMP

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