Mantra 42

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निवेशनः संगमनो वसूनां देव इव सविता सत्यधर्मा । इन्द्रो न तस्थौ समरे धनानाम्

IAST Transliteration

nivḗśanaḥ saṅgámano vásūnāṃ devá iva savitā́ satyádharmā́ | índro ná tasthau samaré dhánānām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A settler, a gatherer of riches—like Savitṛ, a god of truthful ordinance—he stood fast, as Indra, in the battle for the prizes.

Word by Word

• निवेशनः: (he who is) a settler/establisher; one who causes dwelling
• निवेशनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक; √विश् ‘प्रवेशने/निवासे’ + नि- उपसर्ग; -अन प्रत्यय)

• संगमनः: uniter; bringer-together
• संगमनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगमन (प्रातिपदिक; √गम् ‘गत्यर्थे’ + सम्- उपसर्ग; -अन प्रत्यय)

• वसूनाम्: of riches/goods
• वसूनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सविता: Savitar (the impeller deity)
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्यधर्मा: whose law/order is true; of true ordinance
• सत्यधर्मा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-धर्मन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः/कर्मधारय-आधारितः ‘सत्यः धर्मो यस्य’)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like (Vedic particle; here in comparison with इन्द्रः)
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तस्थौ: stood; took his stand
• तस्थौ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)

• धनानाम्: of treasures/spoils
• धनानाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Variable (AVŚ 10.8 anukramaṇī traditions)

Devata: Savitṛ/Indra-like ordering power (implicit subject); prosperity/order

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is possible here, though AV transmission varies; treat as irregular/unspecified pending metrical scan

Mantra Rasa

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