Rig Veda 1.8.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.8
Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.8)
Devata: Indra (with the wider Indra-Soma milieu of early Mandala 1 hymns)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (dominant meter of RV 1.8)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समोहे वा य आशत नरस्तोकस्य सनितौ । विप्रासो वा धियायवः ॥
Transliteration
samóhe vā́ yá ā́śata náraḥ tokásya sánitau | víprāso vā dhiyā́yavaḥ ||
Translation
Baik dalam perhimpunan bersama, orang-orang itu yang telah duduk untuk meraih keturunan jiwa—baik mereka para resi yang tercerahkan maupun para pencari Cahaya dengan daya pemikiran—(semoga Daya Ilahi menolong mereka).
Word by Word
स॒मो॒हेin the assembly / in the gathering (battle-host)
स॒मो॒हे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसम्-ओह (प्रातिपदिक: समोह ‘समूह/समागम/संघर्ष’)
वाor / indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आशतreached / attained
आशत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (धातु: अश् ‘प्राप्नुयात्/व्याप्नुयात्’)
नरःmen / heroes
नरः:
कर्तृ (ये … नरः) / विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
तोकस्यof offspring / of children
तोकस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootतोक (प्रातिपदिक)
सनितौin the winning / in the gaining
सनितौ:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootसनि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्राप्ति/लाभ/विजय’)
विप्रासःinspired sages / seers
विप्रासः:
कर्तृ (समुच्चय) / विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor / indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
धियायवःthose impelled by insight / thought-driven (men)
धियायवः:
कर्तृ (समुच्चय) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootधियायू (प्रातिपदिक; धिया + आयु ‘धिया प्रेरित/धिया युक्त’)
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