Rig Veda 8.78.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 78, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.78
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स मन्युं मर्त्यानामदब्धो नि चिकीषते । पुरा निदश्चिकीषते ॥
Transliteration
sá manyúṃ martyā́nām ádabdho ní cikīṣate | purā́ nidáś cikīṣate ||
Translation
Er, vom Trug unüberwindlich, erkennt und bändigt den Zorn der Sterblichen; noch ehe er sich regt, erkennt er den feindseligen Impuls.
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
मन्युम्wrath, anger
मन्युम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु- (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्त्यानाम्of mortals
मर्त्यानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
अदब्धःunharmed; undeceived; unassailable
अदब्धः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- + दब्ध- (√दभ् ‘to harm/deceive’, क्त-प्रत्यय) → अदब्ध-
निdown; in; thoroughly
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
चिकीषतेseeks to perceive/mark; takes note
चिकीषते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चिकि/√क्यै (देव. ‘to notice, observe, perceive’; desiderative-stem चिकीष-)
पुराformerly; from of old
पुरा:
अधिकरण (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
निदःreproaches; revilings
निदः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनिद्/निदा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘reproach, reviling’)
चिकीषतेseeks to perceive/mark; takes note
चिकीषते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चिकि/√क्यै (desiderative चिकीष-)
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