Rig Veda 8.12.24: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 24
Sukta 8.12
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न यं विविक्तो रोदसी नान्तरिक्षाणि वज्रिणम् । अमादिदस्य तित्विषे समोजसः ॥
Transliteration
ná yaṃ viviktó ródasī ná ántárikṣāṇi vajríṇam | amā́d íd asya titvíṣe sám ójasaḥ ||
Translation
Weder die beiden Welten können ihn absondern, noch können die Mittelräume den Vajrin, den Träger des Vajra, trennen; schon von seiner Geburt an sammelt sich seine flammende Glut zu einer einzigen Kraft.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विविक्तःseparated; set apart; distinguished
विविक्तः:
Kartā (as predicate/qualifier of implied subject) / or qualifier in clause
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootवि + √विच्/√विच् (विच् ‘to separate, discern’) → विविक्त (ppp)
रोदसीHeaven and Earth (the two worlds)
रोदसी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; ‘heaven-and-earth’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अन्तरिक्षाणिthe midspaces; atmospheres
अन्तरिक्षाणि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रिणम्the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)
वज्रिणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having the vajra’)
अमादित्he did not become intoxicated / he was not exhilarated
अमादित्:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअ + √मद् (मद् ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’) → अमादि (aorist) + त् (Vedic particle)
अस्यof him; his
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तित्विषेhe gleams; he blazes
तित्विषे:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√त्विष् (त्विष् ‘to gleam, be vehement’) → तित्विष् (intensive/reduplicated stem)
समोजसःof united/complete strength; equally mighty
समोजसः:
Kartā (as predicate/qualifier of the subject, i.e., Indra) / qualifier
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक) → समोजस् (‘with equal/combined strength’)
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