Rig Veda 8.5.38: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 38
Sukta 8.5
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; RV 8.5 context)
Devata: Aśvinau (by continuity of the hymn segment; donation narrative within Aśvin praise)
Chandas: Jagatī (likely; long descriptive cadence)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो मे हिरण्यसंदृशो दश राज्ञो अमंहत । अधस्पदा इच्चैद्यस्य कृष्टयश्चर्मम्ना अभितो जनाः ॥
Transliteration
yó me híraṇyasaṃdṛśo dáśa rājño ámaṃhata | adhás-padā íc caidyásya kṛṣṭáyaś carma-mnā́ abhíto jánāḥ ||
Translation
هو الذي وسَّع لي القوى ذات المنظر الذهبي لعشرة ملوك؛ حتى إن شعوبَ القَيْديّين، وقد وُضِعَت أقدامُها واطئة، قامت مُحاطةً بسُنّةِ الحماية: هكذا تُقيم الزيادةُ الإلهيةُ نظامًا مصونًا حول الطالب.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / य-
मेto/for me; of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्य-संदृशःgolden-looking; having the appearance of gold
हिरण्य-संदृशः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य (न.) + संदृश (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् ‘to see’ with सम्)
दशten
दश:
Karma
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन् (संख्या)
राज्ञःkings
राज्ञः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अमंहतbestowed; granted
अमंहत:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√मंह्/√मह् (to grant, to bestow; Vedic)
अधः-पदाःthose of lower station; low-placed (ones)
अधः-पदाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootअधस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक ‘below’) + पद (न.)
इत्indeed; even
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
चैद्यस्यof the Caidya (chief/lineage)
चैद्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun (proper/tribal epithet)
Rootचैद्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of Caidya/descendant of Cedi’)
कृष्टयःpeoples; tribes
कृष्टयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्टि (स्त्री. ‘people, settlements, tribes’)
चर्मम्नाwith hide/leather; by means of a skin
चर्मम्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचर्मन् (न. ‘skin, hide, leather’) + -म्ना (तृतीया-एकवचन वैदिक)
अभितःaround; on both sides
अभितः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभितः (अव्यय)
जनाःpeople; men
जनाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजन (पुं. ‘people, men’)
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