Rig Veda 8.46.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 32
Sukta 8.46
Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt; verse contains proper names Balbūtha, Tarukṣa typical of dānastuti passages.
Devata: Vāyu explicitly invoked; also Indra and the Gods as protectors.
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from single verse without scan.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शतं दासे बल्बूथे विप्रस्तरुक्ष आ ददे । ते ते वायविमे जना मदन्तीन्द्रगोपा मदन्ति देवगोपाः ॥
Transliteration
śatám dāsé balbūthé vípras tárukṣa ā́ dade | té té vāyav imé jánā madántī́ndragopā madánti devágopāḥ ||
Translation
مئةً—للخادم «بَلبوثَه»—أعطى «تاروكْصَه» الشاعرُ المُلهَم (vipra). هؤلاء، يا «فايو»، يفرحون—بحراسةِ إندرا يفرحون، وبحراسةِ الآلهة يفرحون—حين يثبّت نَفَسُ الحياة والقوى النورانيةُ جماعةَ الداخل.
Word by Word
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (परिमाण/संख्या—‘a hundred’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
दासेto the Dāsa (servant/tribesman)
दासे:
Sampradāna (दत्तव्य-प्राप्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदास (प्रातिपदिक)
बल्बूथेto Balbūtha
बल्बूथे:
Sampradāna (दत्तव्य-प्राप्ता)
TypeProper Noun
Rootबल्बूथ (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
विप्रःthe inspired poet/seer
विप्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तरुक्षःTarukṣa (name of the seer/poet)
तरुक्षः:
Kartā (विप्रः तरुक्षः—सम्बन्ध/विशेषणभाव)
TypeProper Noun
Rootतरुक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)
आtowards, forth; (prefix intensifying ‘gave’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
ददेgave
ददे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
तेyou
ते:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
वायविमेO Vāyu, (my/for me)
वायविमे:
Sambodhana; (मे = सम्बन्ध/सम्प्रदान-भाव ‘my/for me’)
TypeVocative + Pronoun (enclitic)
Rootवायवि + मे
जनाःpeople
जनाः:
Kartā (ते जना:)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
मदन्तिrejoice, are exhilarated
मदन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (हर्षे/प्रमादे)
इन्द्रगोपाःIndra-protected (having Indra as guardian)
इन्द्रगोपाः:
Kartā (मदन्ति—कर्ता)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootइन्द्र + गोप (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष समास)
मदन्तिrejoice
मदन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (हर्षे/प्रमादे)
देवगोपाःgod-protected (having the gods as guardians)
देवगोपाः:
Kartā (मदन्ति—कर्ता)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootदेव + गोप (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष समास)
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