Rig Veda 8.46.21: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 21
Sukta 8.46
Devata: Indra-context hymn with dāna/patron exempla (mixed narrative praise)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ स एतु य ईवदाँ अदेवः पूर्तमाददे । यथा चिद्वशो अश्व्यः पृथुश्रवसि कानीतेऽस्या व्युष्याददे ॥
Transliteration
ā́ sá etu yá ī́vadā́ṃ ádevaḥ pūrtám ādadé | yáthā cid váśo aśvyáḥ pṛthú-śrávasi kānī́te ’syā́ vyuṣyā́dadé ||
Translation
वो आदमी आए जो भगवान के साथ न चले, फिर भी पूरा दान लेता है। जैसे वश ने घोड़े की तरह, बड़े नाम वाले कानी में, सुबह होने पर उसको लिया था।
Word by Word
आhither; forth (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-stem)
एतुlet (him) come/go
एतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु: इ ‘to go’)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
ईवदान्impetuous; eager
ईवदान्:
Kartā (qualifier of यः)
TypeAdjective
Rootईवद् (prātipadika; ‘eager/impetuous’ in Vedic usage)
अदेवःgodless; not devoted to the gods
अदेवः:
Kartā (qualifier of यः)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअ-देव (prātipadika)
पूर्तम्the gift/boon; the due offering
पूर्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्त (prātipadika; ‘bestowed/fulfilled gift, offering’)
आददेhas taken; has received
आददे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु: दा ‘to give’; with ā- = ‘to take/receive’ in Vedic)
यथाas; just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (avyaya)
वशःthe willing one; one under control/obedient (vassal)
वशः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवश (prātipadika)
अश्व्यःequine; horse(-like)/connected with horses
अश्व्यः:
Kartā (qualifier of वशः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्व्य (prātipadika from अश्व ‘horse’)
पृथुश्रवसिin/at Pṛthuśravas
पृथुश्रवसि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeProper Noun
Rootपृथुश्रवस् (proper name prātipadika)
कानीतेsings/praises (for himself); seeks
कानीते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकन्/कानी (Vedic verb-stem; ‘to sing/praise’ or ‘to desire/seek’—here used as finite form)
अस्यof him/this
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (pronoun-stem)
व्युष्यात्may it dawn; may it become bright
व्युष्यात्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवस्/उष् with vi- (Vedic: ‘to dawn, to become bright; to pass the night’)
आददेhas taken; has received
आददे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु: दा ‘to give’; with ā- = ‘to take/receive’)
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