Rig Veda 1.30.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.30
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional; verify per Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शतं वा यः शुचीनां सहस्रं वा समाशिराम् । एदु निम्नं न रीयते ॥
Transliteration
śatáṃ vā yáḥ śúcīnām sahásraṃ vā sámāśirām | éd u nimnáṃ ná rīyate ||
Translation
Ob er hundert der lichten Kräfte bringt oder tausend der wohlgefügten Füllen — dennoch sinkt er nicht in die Niederung: die Kraft des Gebers versiegt nicht und gleitet nicht abwärts.
Word by Word
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
कर्म (परिमाण-विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाचकः—यः …)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शुचीनाम्of the pure/bright (ones)
शुचीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी—‘of the pure/bright ones’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
कर्म (परिमाण-विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
समाशिराम्well-mixed/combined (portions, shares)
समाशिराम्:
कर्म (विशेष्यस्य—दत्तवस्तूनां—विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (Kṛdanta)
Rootसम्-आ-शॄ (धातु; शॄ/शृ ‘to mix, to combine, to join’), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘समाशिर’
एदुindeed, just
एदु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद्/एद् (निपात; ‘indeed, just’), उ (एव/उ हि इत्यर्थे) सह संहितरूपम्
निम्नम्the low place, depth
निम्नम्:
कर्म (गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः लक्ष्य/गन्तव्य-रूपेण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootनिम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
रीयतेmoves/flows
रीयते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरी (धातु; ‘to flow, run, move’)
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