Rig Veda 8.32.17 — Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 17
Sukta 8.32
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra (hymn-section is Indra-directed praise; verse is an instruction to the singers/priests)
Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पन्य इदुप गायत पन्य उक्थानि शंसत । ब्रह्मा कृणोत पन्य इत् ॥
Transliteration
pányá íd úpa gāyata pányá ukthā́ni śaṃsata | bráhmā kṛṇota pányá ít ||
Translation
讃うべきものをこそ歌え。讃うべき讃歌（ウクタ）をこそ宣べよ。ブラフマン（聖なる言葉）を讃うべきものとして打ち立てよ——まことに讃うべきものとして。
Word by Word
पन्यःpraiseworthy, admirable
पन्यः:
Kartā (गायते/शंसते इत्यस्य कर्तृविशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपन्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पन्/पण् ‘स्तुतौ/प्रशंसायाम्’ से व्युत्पन्न विशेषण)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात; ‘indeed/just’)
उपtowards, near; (as preverb) up/unto
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गायतsing (you all)!
गायत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गै (गायने)
पन्यःpraiseworthy
पन्यः:
Kartā (शंसत इत्यस्य कर्तृविशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपन्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पन्/पण् ‘स्तुतौ/प्रशंसायाम्’)
उक्थानिhymns, recitations (ukthas)
उक्थानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
शंसतpraise/recite (you all)!
शंसत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√शंस् (स्तुतौ/प्रशंसायाम्)
ब्रह्माthe brahman-priest; the sacred utterance (as agent)
ब्रह्मा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणोतmake/do (you all)!
कृणोत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
पन्यःpraiseworthy
पन्यः:
Kartā/Predicate (आशीर्वचनात्मक: ‘(भवतु) पन्यः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootपन्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पन्/पण् ‘स्तुतौ/प्रशंसायाम्’)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात)
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