Rig Veda 8.49.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 49, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.49
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि प्र वः सुराधसमिन्द्रमर्च यथा विदे । यो जरितृभ्यो मघवा पुरूवसुः सहस्रेणेव शिक्षति ॥
Transliteration
abhí prá vaḥ su-rā́dhasam índram arca yáthā vidé | yó jaritṛ́bhyo maghávā purū-vásuḥ sahásreṇeva śíkṣati ||
Translation
Cantad a Indra, de generosa y buena dádiva, para que lo conozcáis y lo hagáis real: a ese Maghaván, rico en muchas riquezas, que adiestra y enriquece al cantor como con fuerza mil veces multiplicada.
Word by Word
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वःfor you (pl.)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सुराधसम्the bountiful, of good giving
सुराधसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-राधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्चpraise! sing!
अर्च:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
यथाso that, as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
विदे(that) I may know/obtain
विदे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
जरितृभ्यःto the singers/praisers
जरितृभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जृ/जर् ‘to sing/praise’)
मघवाthe bountiful one (Maghavan = Indra)
मघवा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरूवसुःhaving much wealth
पुरूवसुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु-वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रेणwith a thousand
सहस्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as if
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
शिक्षतिgives, bestows; trains/instructs (here: bestows)
शिक्षति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootशिक्ष् (धातु)
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