Rig Veda 8.20.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 14
Sukta 8.20
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.20, Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Marutāḥ
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 8.20; verse-length and cadence align with common Marut hymns)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तान्वन्दस्व मरुतस्ताँ उप स्तुहि तेषां हि धुनीनाम् । अराणां न चरमस्तदेषां दाना मह्ना तदेषाम् ॥
Transliteration
tā́n vandasva marútas tā́ṃ úpa stuhi téṣāṃ hí dhunī́nām | arā́ṇāṃ ná caramáś tád eṣāṃ dā́nā mahnā́ tád eṣām ||
Translation
Salue-les, les Maruts ; approche et chante leur louange, car de ces puissances grondantes, comme des rayons, il n’est point de dernière limite. Telle est leur largesse, telle est leur grandeur.
Word by Word
तान्them
तान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वन्दस्वpraise / salute
वन्दस्व:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वन्द् (वन्दते/वन्दति) ‘स्तुतौ/नमस्कारे’
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्म (वन्दस्व/स्तुहि इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
तान्them
तान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear; forth (as preverb)
उप:
(क्रिया-विशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्तुहिpraise
स्तुहि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (स्तौति) ‘स्तुतौ’
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिfor; indeed
हि:
(वाक्य-सम्बन्धक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
धुनीनाम्of the roaring (ones/forces)
धुनीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootधुनी (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; ‘धुनि/धुनी’ = roaring/whirling, rushing)
अराणाम्of the spokes/arms (i.e., their driving forces)
अराणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अर’ = spoke/arm; also ‘swift/active’ in Vedic usage depending on context)
नlike
न:
(उपमान-चिह्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
चरमःthe last; the hindmost
चरमः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध (अहम्/स्तोतृ-भावे)
TypeAdjective
Rootचरम (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
(निर्देश/प्रत्यवमर्श)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एषाम्of these (i.e., of them here)
एषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दानाःgifts; acts of giving
दानाः:
कर्तृ/विषय (स्तुत्य-गुणरूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (नपुंसक/पुं-प्रातिपदिक; ‘दान’ = gift, giving)
मह्नाby greatness; by might
मह्ना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमघन्/महन् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic instr. ‘मह्ना’ = by greatness/might)
तत्that
तत्:
(निर्देश/प्रत्यवमर्श)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एषाम्of these (of them)
एषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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