Rig Veda 8.32.23 — Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 23
Sukta 8.32
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra (addressed through the efficacy of hymn; Surya is simile)
Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सूर्यो रश्मिं यथा सृजा त्वा यच्छन्तु मे गिरः । निम्नमापो न सध्र्यक् ॥
Transliteration
sū́ryo raśmíṃ yáthā sṛjá tvā yácchantu me gíraḥ | nímnam ā́po na sádhryak ||
Translation
太陽がその光線を放つように、わが讃歌の言葉よ、汝を捉えて保て。水が深みへと流れ入るように、まっすぐにその帰処へ赴き——汝を正しき所へと引き入れよ。
Word by Word
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
रश्मिम्ray, rein
रश्मिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
सृजाrelease, let go
सृजा:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यच्छन्तुlet (them) restrain/hold
यच्छन्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयम्
मेto/for me; my
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गिरःsongs, hymns, words
गिरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
निम्नम्a low place; depth
निम्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootनिम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
आपःwaters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआप् (प्रातिपदिक; pluralia tantum)
नlike, as
न:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
सध्र्यक्straight/downward in a direct course
सध्र्यक्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसध्र्यक् (अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण)
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