Rig Veda 8.52.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 52, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.52
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva tradition)
Devata: Indra (with epithet/identification as Āditya, emphasizing law and solar truth)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कदा चन प्र युच्छस्युभे नि पासि जन्मनी । तुरीयादित्य हवनं त इन्द्रियमा तस्थावमृतं दिवि ॥
Transliteration
kadā́ caná prá yúcchasy ubhé ní pāsi jánmanī | túrīyāditya hávanaṃ ta indríyam ā́ tasthāv amṛ́taṃ diví ||
Translation
لا تفتر قطّ في اندفاعك إلى الأمام؛ أنت تحرس الميلادين كليهما. يا آدِتْيَا في الرابع، إن نداءك في العبادة وقوّة إندرا فيك قد استقرّا كخلودٍ في سماء الوعي.
Word by Word
कदाwhen?
कदा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदा (प्रश्नाव्यय)
चनever; at all (emphatic particle)
चन:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचन (निपात)
प्रforth; forward (preverb)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
युच्छसिyou yoke; you harness
युच्छसि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु; युजँ/युजिर्—‘योजने’), वैदिक रूप: युच्छ-
उभेboth
उभे:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निdown; in (preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग)
पासिyou protect; you guard
पासि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु; ‘पालने/रक्षणे’), वैदिक: पा- ‘to protect’
जन्मनीthe two births; the two begettings
जन्मनी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तुरीयthe fourth
तुरीय:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootतुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)
आदित्यĀditya (solar deity); son of Aditi
आदित्य:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/विशेषणभावे सह)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
हवनम्invocation; oblation; calling
हवनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहवन (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to pour/offer’ से)
तेof you; your
ते:
Sampradāna (सम्बन्धे/स्वाम्यर्थे)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रियम्power; might; Indra-like strength
इन्द्रियम्:
Kartā (वाक्ये कर्तृवत् स्थितम्)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
आunto; toward; in (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
तस्थौstood; has taken its stand
तस्थौ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु; ‘स्थितौ’)
अमृतम्immortal; deathless
अमृतम्:
Karma/Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
दिविin heaven; in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
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