Rig Veda 8.52.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 52, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.52
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva tradition)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो नो दाता स नः पिता महाँ उग्र ईशानकृत् । अयामन्नुग्रो मघवा पुरूवसुर्गोरश्वस्य प्र दातु नः ॥
Transliteration
yó no dātā́ sá naḥ pitā́ mahā́n ugrá īśānakṛ́t | áyāmann ugró mághavā purūvásur gór áśvasya prá dātu naḥ ||
Translation
我らに与えるその者は、我らにとって父となる——広大にして、激しく駆り立て、主権を成し立てる者。願わくは、その猛き施与者（Maghavān）が道を進み出で、光りある牛群の流れ出る富と、迅き運動の力とを我らに与えたまえ。
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दाताgiver
दाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootदा (धातु) → दातृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पिताfather
पिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
महान्great
महान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
उग्रःmighty, fierce
उग्रः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ईशानकृत्lordly/sovereign in deed; exercising lordship
ईशानकृत्:
Kartā
TypeCompound (adjectival)
Rootईशान (प्रातिपदिक, ‘ruling’) + कृत् (कृदन्त, √कृ ‘to do/make’)
अयामन्advance, onward impulse
अयामन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअयामन् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic, ‘course/going, advance’)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
उग्रःthe mighty one
उग्रः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मघवाMaghavan (Indra), the bountiful
मघवा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Indra)
पुरूवसुःPurūvasu, rich in many goods
पुरूवसुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootपुरूवसु (प्रातिपदिक; epithet)
गोःof cattle
गोः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वस्यof horse
अश्वस्य:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, abundantly
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दातुto give
दातु:
Prayojana
TypeVerb (infinitive)
Rootदा (धातु) → दातु (तुमुन्-इन्फिनिटिव)
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.