Rig Veda 8.23.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 23, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.23
Devata: Agni (with his gaṇas/attendant luminous powers)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उदस्य शोचिरस्थाद्दीदियुषो व्यजरम् । तपुर्जम्भस्य सुद्युतो गणश्रियः ॥
Transliteration
úd asya śocír asthād dīdiyúṣo vy-àjáram | tápuḥ-jambhasya su-dyúto gaṇa-śríyaḥ ||
Translation
ارتفع لهيبُه؛ يلمعُ متألّقًا، ناشرًا الضياءَ الذي لا يشيخ. إنّ المضيئين—الـ«غَنَة» (gaṇa) في البهاء—هم المجدُ الساطعُ لقوّةِ الاحتراق (tapuḥ) التي تسحقُ ما يقاوم.
Word by Word
उदस्यup/out; of him/its
उदस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeIndeclinable+Pronoun
Rootउद् + अस्य (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक) / अस्य (सर्वनाम)
शोचिःflame, blaze
शोचिः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्थात्stood up, arose
अस्थात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
दीदियुषःof the shining one
दीदियुषः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive qualifier)
TypeAdjective (participle-like)
Rootदीदियु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दीप्/√द्युत् ‘to shine’ का तीव्र/दीप्त अर्थ),
विapart, forth
वि:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अजरम्unaging, undecaying
अजरम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeAdjective
Rootअजर (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + जर ‘aging’)
तपुःheat, ardor
तपुः:
कर्तृ (subject; appositional/parallel to शोचिः)
TypeNoun
Rootतपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
जम्भस्यof the crusher/overpowerer (Jambha)
जम्भस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootजम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
सुद्युतःwell-shining, radiant
सुद्युतः:
कर्तृ (subject; with गणश्रियः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + द्युत् ‘shine’)
गणश्रियःthe glories/splendors of the troop (company)
गणश्रियः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootगणश्री (समास-प्रातिपदिक: गण + श्री)
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