Mantra 41
Sukta 8.2
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; Kaṇvāḥ)
Devata: Indra (indirectly; generosity under Indra’s auspices)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like brevity / mixed (probable; short pādas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शिक्षा विभिन्दो अस्मै चत्वार्ययुता ददत् । अष्टा परः सहस्रा ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
शिक्षा॑ विभिन्दो अस्मै च॒त्वार्य॒युता॒ दद॑त् । अ॒ष्टा प॒रः स॒हस्रा॑ ॥
Transliteration
śíkṣā vibhindo asmai catvā́ry ayutā́ dádat | aṣṭā́ paráḥ sahásrā ||
Translation
Learn (and know) this: Vibhindu gave to him four myriads, and beyond them eight thousands—so does the power of giving grow when Indra’s force is present.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
शिक्ष॑ । वि॒भि॒न्दो॒ इति॑ विऽभिन्दो । अ॒स्मै॒ । च॒त्वारि॑ । अ॒युता॑ । दद॑त् । अ॒ष्ट । प॒रः । स॒हस्रा॑ ॥शिक्ष । विभिन्दो इति विभिन्दो । अस्मै । चत्वारि । अयुता । ददत् । अष्ट । परः । सहस्रा ॥śikṣa | vibhindo itivi-bhindo | asmai | catvāri | ayutā | dadat | aṣṭa | paraḥ | sahasrā
Word by Word
शिक्षाinstruction; teaching (personified/abstract)
शिक्षा:
Kartā (as subject of ददत्) / or appositional subject-name
TypeNoun
Root√शिक्ष् (शिक्षा- ‘instruction/teaching’; also ‘to instruct’)
विभिन्दोO Vibhindu (name/epithet)
विभिन्दो:
Sambodhana (addressed)
TypeNoun (Proper name/epithet)
Rootविभिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; likely a proper name/epithet)
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
चत्वारिfour
चत्वारि:
Karma (object of ददत्)
TypeNumeral (Adjective)
Rootचतुर्
अयुताten-thousands
अयुता:
Karma (quantifier of the object)
TypeNumeral (Noun/Adjective)
Rootअयुत (प्रातिपदिक ‘ten-thousand’; Vedic numeral)
ददत्gave
ददत्:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (ददाति)
अष्टाeight
अष्टा:
Karma (elliptic: ‘(gave) eight …’)
TypeNumeral
Rootअष्टन्
परःfurther; moreover
परः:
Viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial qualifier
TypeAdjective/Indeclinable-like adjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक ‘further, beyond, additional’)
सहस्राःthousands
सहस्राः:
Karma (elliptic object with अष्टा: ‘eight thousands’)
TypeNoun (numeral noun)
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक ‘thousand’)