Rig Veda 8.33.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 33, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.33
Rishi: Unknown (hymn-level attribution required for RV 8.33)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दाना मृगो न वारणः पुरुत्रा चरथं दधे । नकिष्ट्वा नि यमदा सुते गमो महाँश्चरस्योजसा ॥
Transliteration
dā́nā mṛgó ná vāraṇáḥ purutrā́ cárathaṃ dadhe | nákiṣ ṭvā ní yamat ā́ suté gámo mahā́ṃś cárasy ójasā ||
Translation
أيّها المُعطي، كوحشٍ بريّ، كفيلٍ، تُقيمُ تجوالَكَ في مواضعَ كثيرة. لا أحدَ يَكُفُّكَ؛ فتعالَ إلى السُّوما المعصور—عظيمًا، تمضي بقوّتِكَ.
Word by Word
दानाःgifts / givers (as ‘bestowers’)
दानाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक; दान ‘gift’ < √दा ‘to give’)
मृगःa wild beast, deer
मृगः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
वारणःelephant / ‘restrainer’ (strong one)
वारणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवारण (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुत्राin many places, widely
पुरुत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरुत्रा (अव्यय; पुरु ‘many’ + -त्रा)
चरथम्course, roaming, movement
चरथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचरथ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘going, course, roaming’) < √चर्
दधेhas set/placed; has assumed
दधे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधाति)
नकिःno one
नकिः:
Kartā (निषेध-कर्ता) / —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनकिः (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-निपात)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
निdown, in; (prefix)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग)
यमदाfrom restraint/control; from checking
यमदा:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘restraint, control’) < √यम्
सुतेin the pressed (Soma)
सुते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (कृदन्त; √सु ‘to press’ → सुत ‘pressed (Soma)’)
गमोgo! come!
गमो:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति)
महान्great
महान्:
Kartā (विशेषण) / —
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
चरसिyou roam / you move
चरसि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (चरति)
ओजसाwith strength, by might
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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