Rig Veda 3.55.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 55, Mantra 8
Sukta 3.55
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)
Devata: The One sovereign divine power manifesting as inner vision and thought
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शूरस्येव युध्यतो अन्तमस्य प्रतीचीनं ददृशे विश्वमायत् । अन्तर्मतिश्चरति निष्षिधं गोर्महद्देवानामसुरत्वमेकम् ॥
Transliteration
śū́rasya-iva yúdhyato antamásya pratīcī́naṁ dadṛśe víśvam āyát | antár-matíś cárati niḥ-sídhaṁ gór mahád devānām asura-tvám ékam ||
Translation
যুদ্ধ কৰা বীৰৰ দৰে, অন্ততম অংশে পিছফালে ঘূৰি আহি আগবাঢ়ি অহা সমগ্ৰ বিশ্বক দেখে। অন্তৰ্মতি ‘গো’ (ৰশ্মি)-ৰ গোপন আসনত গতি কৰে: দেৱসকলৰ একেই মহৎ অসুৰত্ব।
Word by Word
शूरस्यof the hero
शूरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
युध्यतःof (one) fighting
युध्यतः:
विशेषण-सम्बन्ध (qualifying the genitive)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootयुध् (धातु)
अन्तमस्यof the nearest/last
अन्तमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of अन्त ‘near/end’)
प्रतीचीनम्the facing-towards (westward/turned-back)
प्रतीचीनम्:
कर्म (object of ‘saw’)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतीचीन (प्रातिपदिक)
ददृशेhe/it saw, appeared
ददृशे:
कर्तृ (the seer/subject implied)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
विश्वम्all, the whole
विश्वम्:
कर्म (object with ‘saw’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
आयत्came, approached
आयत्:
कर्तृ (subject = ‘all’/‘everything’ as moving/coming)
TypeVerb
Rootइ/या (धातु; ‘to go, come’)
अन्तर्मतिःthe inner thought/insight
अन्तर्मतिः:
कर्तृ (subject of ‘चरति’)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर्-मति (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर् + मति)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चरतिmoves, wanders
चरति:
क्रिया (with subject ‘अन्तर्मतिः’)
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
निःसिधम्into the barred/closed (place), the forbidden
निःसिधम्:
अधिकारण (goal/region by sense: ‘into/within the closed (place)’)
TypeAdjective (used adverbially/locatively by sense)
Rootनिःसिध (प्रातिपदिक; ‘shut off/forbidden/closed’)
गोःof the cow
गोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the cow’)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
महत्great
महत्:
विधेय/विशेषण (predicative: ‘(is) great’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
असुरत्वम्asura-hood; lordly power
असुरत्वम्:
विधेय/कर्म (contextually ‘the asura-might/sovereignty’)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootअसुरत्व (प्रातिपदिक; असुर + त्व)
एकम्one, single
एकम्:
विशेषण (qualifies ‘असुरत्वम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
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