Rig Veda 8.20.11: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 11
Sukta 8.20
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.20, Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Marutāḥ (Maruts)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 8.20; verse-length and cadence align with common Marut hymns)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समानमञ्ज्येषां वि भ्राजन्ते रुक्मासो अधि बाहुषु । दविद्युतत्यृष्टयः ॥
Transliteration
samānam añjyèṣāṃ ví bhrājante rukmā́so ádhi bāhúṣu | davídyutat-yṛṣṭáyaḥ ||
Translation
सब में एक ही बात है, वो अंदर से तैयार हैं। उनके हाथों में सोने जैसी चमक है। उनकी बर्छी चमक रही है। वो रोशनी की तरह चमकते हैं।
Word by Word
समानम्the same; uniform
समानम्:
कर्म (अञ्ज्ये—‘they anoint [it] as one and the same’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान- (प्रातिपदिक) < सम (PIE *sem- ‘one, same’)
अञ्ज्येषाम्they anoint / they smear
अञ्ज्येषाम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअञ्ज् (धातु) ‘to anoint, smear’
विapart; forth; widely
वि:
क्रियाविशेषण (भ्राजन्ते) / उपसर्ग
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
भ्राजन्तेthey shine; they gleam
भ्राजन्ते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभ्राज् (धातु) ‘to shine, gleam’
रुक्मासःgold(-ornaments); golden (ones)
रुक्मासः:
कर्तृ (भ्राजन्ते)
TypeNoun
Rootरुक्म- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘golden ornament; gold’
अधिupon; on
अधि:
अधिकरण-निर्देशक (बाहुषु) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
बाहुषुon the arms
बाहुषु:
अधिकरण (अधि … बाहुषु)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘arm’
दविद्युतत्it flashed; it shone forth
दविद्युतत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√द्यु/द्युत् (धातु) ‘to shine, flash’ + उपसर्ग/प्रवृद्धि (वेदिक)
ऋष्टयःspears; lances
ऋष्टयः:
कर्तृ (दविद्युतत्) / विषय
TypeNoun
Rootऋष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘spear, lance’
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