Rig Veda 8.46.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 22
Sukta 8.46
Devata: Praise of patronal giving within Indra-linked hymn (dānastuti register)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
षष्टिं सहस्राश्व्यस्यायुतासनमुष्ट्रानां विंशतिं शता । दश श्यावीनां शता दश त्र्यरुषीणां दश गवां सहस्रा ॥
Transliteration
ṣaṣṭíṃ sahásrā aśvyásyāyútāsanam uṣṭrā́nāṃ viṃśatíṃ śatā́ | dáśa śyā́vīnām śatā́ dáśa try-àruṣīṇāṃ dáśa gávāṃ sahásrā ||
Translation
馬の力は六万、また成就の座としては万々。駱駝は二十の百、黒きものは十の百、三たび赤きものは十の百、牛は万々——かく量られた充溢が集められる。
Word by Word
षष्टिम्sixty
षष्टिम्:
Karma (गण्यमान-वस्तु/परिमाण)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootषष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) < षष् (६) + ति
सहस्रa thousand
सहस्र:
Karma (परिमाण)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्व्यस्याःof her (wealth) consisting of horses / equine
अश्व्यस्याः:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective + Pronoun
Rootअश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व-सम्बन्धी) + अस्या (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
आयुताःten-thousands
आयुताः:
Kartā/Viśeṣya (गणना-विषय)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootआयुत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ten-thousand’) < √यु (युज्/यु) ‘to join/arrange’ (व्युत्पत्त्यर्थ)
असनwere
असन:
Kriyā (वाक्यक्रिया: ‘were/amounted to’)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)
उष्ट्राणाम्of camels
उष्ट्राणाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध; ‘of camels’)
TypeNoun
Rootउष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विंशतिम्twenty
विंशतिम्:
Karma (परिमाण)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootविंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (परिमाण)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
दशten
दश:
Karma (परिमाण)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootदश (प्रातिपदिक)
श्यावीनाम्of the dark (mares/cows)
श्यावीनाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध; ‘of the dark ones’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootश्यावी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dark/black (f.)’) < श्याव (विशेषण)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (परिमाण)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
दशten
दश:
Karma (परिमाण)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootदश (प्रातिपदिक)
त्र्यरुषीणाम्of the three-bay/reddish ones
त्र्यरुषीणाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootत्र्यरुषी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘three-reddish/bay (f.)’) < त्रि + अरुषी
दशten
दश:
Karma (परिमाण)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootदश (प्रातिपदिक)
गवाम्of cows
गवाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध; ‘of cows’)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्राःthousands
सहस्राः:
Kartā/Viśeṣya (गणना-विषय)
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
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