Rig Veda 8.24.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.24
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स नः स्तवान आ भर रयिं चित्रश्रवस्तमम् । निरेके चिद्यो हरिवो वसुर्ददिः ॥
Transliteration
sá naḥ stávāna ā́ bhara rayíṃ citráśravastamam | niréke cid yó harivo vásur dadíḥ ||
Translation
Lui, loué par nous, apporte-nous le rayí — la riche plénitude, la plus éclatante de renommée. Même dans la disette, ô Harivo (seigneur aux coursiers fauves), tu es le donateur du vrai trésor.
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्तवानःbeing praised
स्तवानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√स्तु (स्तुतौ) → स्तव (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, forth (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भरbring!
भर:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरणे)
रयिम्wealth
रयिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्रश्रवस्तमम्most famed for splendid renown
चित्रश्रवस्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र-श्रवस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक) + तमप्
निरेकेin want / in destitution
निरेके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनि-एक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘separation/solitude/need’) → निरेक
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हरिवःO bay-horsed one
हरिवः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootहरिवत्/हरिवन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having bay horses’) → हरिव
वसुःa benefactor / good (giver)
वसुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
ददिःhas given
ददिः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√दा (दाने)
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