Rig Veda 8.56.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 56, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.56
Rishi: Kāṇva / Kāṇvāyana (uncertain from excerpt)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रति ते दस्यवे वृक राधो अदर्श्यह्रयम् । द्यौर्न प्रथिना शवः ॥
Transliteration
práti te dasyáve vṛka rā́dho adarśy ahráyam | dyáur ná prathinā́ śávaḥ ||
Translation
Zu dir, o starker Wolf, zum dienenden Sucher hin ist dein unversiegender Reichtum sichtbar geworden — wie der Himmel in seiner weiten Ausdehnung, so offenbart sich deine Kraftgewalt (śavas).
Word by Word
प्रतिtowards, against, in return
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/निपात)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
दस्यवेto the Dasyu (hostile/raiding foe)
दस्यवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
वृकO wolf (epithet/address)
वृक:
—
TypeNoun
Rootवृक (प्रातिपदिक)
राधःgift, bounty, wealth
राधः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अदर्शिappeared, was seen
अदर्शि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
अह्रयम्not crooked, unerring, straight
अह्रयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअह्रय (प्रातिपदिक; a- + ह्रय ‘crooked/treacherous’)
द्यौःheaven, the sky
द्यौः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
प्रथिनाby breadth, with wide expanse
प्रथिना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (instrumental of an abstract/quality word)
Rootप्रथिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘broad, wide’)
शवःstrength, might, power
शवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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