Rig Veda 8.1.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 1, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.1
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kāṇva lineage; traditional attribution for RV 8.1)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (primary; hymn foregrounds ‘gāyatrāḥ’ explicitly)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क्वेयथ क्वेदसि पुरुत्रा चिद्धि ते मनः । अलर्षि युध्म खजकृत्पुरंदर प्र गायत्रा अगासिषुः ॥
Transliteration
kvéyatha kvédasi purutrā́ ciddhí té manaḥ | álarṣi yudhma khajakṛt-purandara prá gā́yatrā́ agāsiṣuḥ ||
Translation
汝はいずこへと歩みを定め、いずこに真に住まうのか。汝の意（manas）は、まこと多くの方へと遍くゆえに。戦に猛き者よ、囲いを破る者・城を裂く者（purandara）よ、ガーヤトリー（Gāyatrī）の歌の力は汝に向かって湧き出で、歌となって進み、われらの内に汝の力を目覚めさせんとする。
Word by Word
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रश्नरूपेण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
इयथhave you gone? / did you go?
इयथ:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) / इयथ (वेदिक-रूप)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रश्नरूपेण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
इद्indeed, just
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात)
असिyou are
असि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
पुरुत्राin many places, widely
पुरुत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरुत्रा (अव्यय; पुरु + -त्रा)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मनःmind, intention
मनः:
Kartā (यथासन्दर्भं) / Karma (यथासन्दर्भं)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अलर्षिyou have rushed/started forth (Vedic)
अलर्षि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअलर्षि (वेदिक-क्रियापद; √ऋष्/√लर्ष् इत्यादि-सम्बद्ध)
युध्मO warrior, battle-strong
युध्म:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootयुध्म (प्रातिपदिक; √युध्)
खजकृत्O maker of ‘khaja’ (crusher/striker; epithet)
खजकृत्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootखजकृत् (समास; खज + कृत् < √कृ)
पुरंदरO fort-destroyer (Indra)
पुरंदर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपुरंदर (प्रातिपदिक; पुरं + दर < √दॄ/√दर्)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गायत्राःthe Gāyatra-singers / chanters of the gāyatrī
गायत्राः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अगासिषुःthey have sung/intoned
अगासिषुः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गा (धातु)
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