Rig Veda 8.4.18: Mandala 8, Sukta 4, Mantra 18
Sukta 8.4
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परा गावो यवसं कच्चिदाघृणे नित्यं रेक्णो अमर्त्य । अस्माकं पूषन्नविता शिवो भव मंहिष्ठो वाजसातये ॥
Transliteration
parā́ gā́vo yávasaṃ kác cid āghṛṇe nítyaṃ rékṇo amartya | asmā́kaṃ pūṣann avitā́ śivó bhava máṃhiṣṭho vājá-sātaye ||
Translation
ولو مضتِ الأشعّةُ (الأبقار) بعيدًا إلى مَرعاها، أيّها الخالدُ المتألّقُ بدفء، فإنّ غناك ثابتٌ على الدوام. كُنْ لنا، يا بُوشَن، حاميًا مُيمونًا؛ وكنْ الأجزلَ عطاءً لِنَيلِ وفرةِ القوّة.
Word by Word
पराaway, forth
परा:
क्रियाविशेषण (गत्यर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
यवसम्fodder, pasture-grass
यवसम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयवस (प्रातिपदिक)
कच्चित्whether indeed?, I wonder if
कच्चित्:
वाक्योपपत्ति (प्रश्न-निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित् (निपात)
आघृणेO compassionate one (epithet of Pūṣan)
आघृणे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootआघृणि (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
नित्यम्always, continually
नित्यम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (काल/नित्यत्वे)
TypeAdjective/Adverb
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
रेक्णःof wealth, of riches
रेक्णः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootरेक्णस् (प्रातिपदिक; नपुं.)
अमर्त्यO immortal one
अमर्त्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative)
Rootअमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्माकम्of us, our
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity name; vocative)
Rootपूषन् (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
अविताprotector
अविता:
कर्तृ (भव-क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootअवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.; from √अव् ‘to protect’)
शिवःauspicious, gracious
शिवः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
भवbe! become!
भव:
(आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
मंहिष्ठःmost generous
मंहिष्ठः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमंहिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘most bountiful’, superlative of मंह/मंहस्)
वाजसातयेfor the winning of the prize (strength/booty)
वाजसातये:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootवाजसाति (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.; ‘winning of prize/strength’)
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