Rig Veda 8.2.34: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 34
Sukta 8.2
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; Kaṇvāḥ)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एष एतानि चकारेन्द्रो विश्वा योऽति शृण्वे । वाजदावा मघोनाम् ॥
Transliteration
eṣá etā́ni cakāréndro víśvā yo áti śṛṇvé | vā́ja-dāvā maghónām ||
Translation
This Indra has accomplished all these deeds—he who hears beyond the ordinary hearing; he is the giver of vāja, the dispenser of the bountiful plenitudes.
Word by Word
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Kartā
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष-
एतानिthese (things)
एतानि:
Karma
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चकारhas done / did
चकार:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (एषः इन्द्रः—समनाधिकरणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाall (things)
विश्वा:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (शृण्वे इत्यस्य)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अतिover, beyond, exceedingly
अति:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
शृण्वेhe hears / listens
शृण्वे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
वाजदावाःgiver of prizes/strength
वाजदावाः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरणम्—इन्द्रः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootवाज-दावन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; वाज ‘prize/strength’ + दावन् ‘giver’)
मघोनाम्of the bountiful (patrons)
मघोनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
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