Rig Veda 8.56.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 56, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.56
Rishi: Kāṇva / Kāṇvāyana (uncertain from excerpt)
Devata: Indra (context of granting/abundance)
Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शतं मे गर्दभानां शतमूर्णावतीनाम् । शतं दासाँ अति स्रजः ॥
Transliteration
śatáṃ me gardabhā́nāṃ śatám ūrṇā́vatīnām | śatáṃ dāsā́n áti srájaḥ ||
Translation
আমার জন্য একশ—গর্দভ (ভারবাহী) এর; একশ—ঊর্ণাবতী (উলসমৃদ্ধ) এর; আর একশ—দাসদের, যারা স্রজঃ (মালা) থেকেও শ্রেষ্ঠ।
Word by Word
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (मे इति स्वामिसम्बन्धेन ‘मे’ इत्यस्य वस्तु)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
मेof me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (स्वामित्व/सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गर्दभानाम्of donkeys
गर्दभानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (शतम् इत्यस्य षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘a hundred of donkeys’)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्दभ (प्रातिपदिक)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (मे इति स्वामिसम्बन्धेन)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊर्णावतीनाम्of wool-bearing (she-animals)
ऊर्णावतीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (शतम् इत्यस्य षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘a hundred of the wool-bearing (females)’)
TypeAdjective (feminine substantive used as noun)
Rootऊर्णावती (प्रातिपदिक; ऊर्णा + वत्/वती)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (मे इति स्वामिसम्बन्धेन)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
दासान्Dāsas / servants / foes (Dāsa-people)
दासान्:
Karma (गणनायां/प्राप्तौ ‘a hundred Dāsas’)
TypeNoun
Rootदास (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिbeyond, over
अति:
(क्रियाविशेषणभावः) ‘beyond/over’—स्रजः इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्रजःgarlands / strings (wreaths)
स्रजः:
Karma (अति इत्यनेन सह: ‘beyond garlands/strings’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्रज् (प्रातिपदिक)
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