Rig Veda 8.67.21: Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 21
Sukta 8.67
Devata: Ādityas
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि षु द्वेषो व्यंहतिमादित्यासो वि संहितम् । विष्वग्वि वृहता रपः ॥
Transliteration
ví ṣu dvéṣo vyàṃhatím ādityāso ví saṃhítam | viṣvág ví vṛhatā ráp aḥ ||
Translation
Streut weit hinweg Hass und Bedrängnis, o Ādityas; sprengt, was verdichtet und verknotet ist; treibt in alle Richtungen das drückende Unheil fort.
Word by Word
विapart, asunder, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग) / प्रादि
षुindeed, quickly, straightway (emphatic particle)
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (निपात) / प्रादि
द्वेषःhatred, hostility
द्वेषः:
Kartā (with implied verb ‘is/acts’ or as object of removal)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वेष (प्रातिपदिक; from √द्विष् ‘to hate’)
विapart, away
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग)
अंहतिम्distress, harm, oppression
अंहतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअंहति (प्रातिपदिक; from अंहस् ‘distress, sin’ / √अंह्)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas (solar deities)
आदित्याः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, away
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग)
संहितम्the compacted/combined (mass), what is joined together
संहितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Kṛdanta
Rootसंहित (कृदन्त/विशेषण; from सम्+√धा ‘to put together’ → ‘joined, compact’)
विष्वक्on all sides, in every direction
विष्वक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविष्वक् (अव्यय)
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग)
वृहताby/with the great (power), mightily
वृहता:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootवृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
रपःinjury, harm, affliction
रपः:
Karma (thing affected/removed; or subject in nominal style)
TypeNoun
Rootरपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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