Rig Veda 8.52.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 52, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.52
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva tradition)
Devata: Indra (with epithet/identification as Āditya, emphasizing law and solar truth)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कदा चन प्र युच्छस्युभे नि पासि जन्मनी । तुरीयादित्य हवनं त इन्द्रियमा तस्थावमृतं दिवि ॥
Transliteration
kadā́ caná prá yúcchasy ubhé ní pāsi jánmanī | túrīyāditya hávanaṃ ta indríyam ā́ tasthāv amṛ́taṃ diví ||
Translation
Jamais tu ne faiblis dans ton élan en avant ; tu gardes les deux naissances. Ô Āditya, dans le Quatrième, ton invocation et ta puissance indriya se sont établies comme immortalité dans le ciel de la conscience.
Word by Word
कदाwhen?
कदा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदा (प्रश्नाव्यय)
चनever; at all (emphatic particle)
चन:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचन (निपात)
प्रforth; forward (preverb)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
युच्छसिyou yoke; you harness
युच्छसि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु; युजँ/युजिर्—‘योजने’), वैदिक रूप: युच्छ-
उभेboth
उभे:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निdown; in (preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग)
पासिyou protect; you guard
पासि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु; ‘पालने/रक्षणे’), वैदिक: पा- ‘to protect’
जन्मनीthe two births; the two begettings
जन्मनी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तुरीयthe fourth
तुरीय:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootतुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)
आदित्यĀditya (solar deity); son of Aditi
आदित्य:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/विशेषणभावे सह)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
हवनम्invocation; oblation; calling
हवनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहवन (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to pour/offer’ से)
तेof you; your
ते:
Sampradāna (सम्बन्धे/स्वाम्यर्थे)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रियम्power; might; Indra-like strength
इन्द्रियम्:
Kartā (वाक्ये कर्तृवत् स्थितम्)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
आunto; toward; in (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
तस्थौstood; has taken its stand
तस्थौ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु; ‘स्थितौ’)
अमृतम्immortal; deathless
अमृतम्:
Karma/Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
दिविin heaven; in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Chanting Notes
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