Rig Veda 8.46.27: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 27
Sukta 8.46
Devata: Soma-drinker/beneficent power in giving (contextual; verse in dāna register)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो म इमं चिदु त्मनामन्दच्चित्रं दावने । अरट्वे अक्षे नहुषे सुकृत्वनि सुकृत्तराय सुक्रतुः ॥
Transliteration
yó ma imáṃ cid u tmánām andac citráṃ dā́vane | araṭvé ákṣe náhuṣe su-kṛ́tvani sukṛ́t-tarāya su-krátuḥ ||
Translation
هو الذي أبهجَ لي—even هذا النفسَ عينَه—لأجل عطاءٍ متلألئ؛ عند المحور الدائر، لِنَهُوشا (Nahuṣa)—هو ذو الفعل الحسن، ولِمَن هو أحسنُ فعلاً، ذو الإرادة المضيئة (sukratu).
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
उand/indeed (emphatic particle)
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
त्मानम्self, person
त्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootत्मन्/आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic form त्मन्)
अन्दत्gave
अन्दत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअन्द् (धातु; ‘to give/hand over’ in Vedic usage)
चित्रम्bright/wondrous (gift)
चित्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
दावनेfor giving / as a gift
दावने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदावन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘giving, gift’; Vedic dative/locative forms occur)
अरट्वेto/for Araṭva (name/epithet)
अरट्वे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (Proper) / Epithet
Rootअरट्व (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic proper name/epithet)
अक्षेon the axle / at the axle
अक्षे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
नहुषेto/for Nahusha
नहुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootनहुष (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)
सुकृत्वनिin/at the good-doer; in good performance
सुकृत्वनि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु-कृत्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good-doer/one of good deeds’)
सुकृत्तरायto the better-doer / to the more beneficent
सुकृत्तराय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-कृत्तर (प्रातिपदिक; comparative/augmentative ‘more well-doing/better-doer’)
सुक्रतुःthe good-minded/strong-willed one
सुक्रतुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of good resolve/power’)
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