Rig Veda 8.6.24: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 24

Sukta 8.6

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत त्यदाश्वश्व्यं यदिन्द्र नाहुषीष्वा । अग्रे विक्षु प्रदीदयत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.6.24

Transliteration

utá tyád āśv-áśvyaṃ yád indra nā́huṣīṣv ā́ | ágre vikṣú pra-dī́dayat ||

Translation

また、あの迅き、馬より生まれし力——インドラよ、ナフシャ（Nahusha）の諸族のうちにあって——諸氏族の先にそれを燦然と輝かせた。汝は人の群れにおける先導の光を燃え立たせる。

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Word by Word

• उत: and; also; moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• त्यत्: that (thing), that (deed)
• त्यत्: Karma (object) / or deictic subject depending on construal
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आश्वश्व्यम्: the horse(-like) exploit; the equine feat (lit. ‘pertaining to horses’)
• आश्वश्व्यम्: Karma (with प्रदीदयत्: ‘made … shine’) / apposition to त्यत्
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: आश्वश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व ‘horse’ से व्युत्पन्न)

• यदि: if; when
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (निपात)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana (addressed agent)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाहुषीषु: among the Nāhuṣīs (Nahushian ones)
• नाहुषीषु: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘among/in the Nahushian [women/tribes]’)
• Type: Adjective (locative plural qualifier)
• Root: नाहुषी (प्रातिपदिक; नहुष-सम्बन्धी)

• आ: towards; hither; in
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• अग्रे: in front; at the fore; first
• अग्रे: Adhikaraṇa (locative of place/time)
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• विक्षु: among the clans; in the settlements
• विक्षु: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘among the clans/peoples’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक ‘clan, settlement, people’)

• प्रदीदयत्: he made (it) shine forth; he kindled/blazed
• प्रदीदयत्: Kriyā (finite verb); its kartā understood (इन्द्रः) and karma = त्यत्/आश्वश्व्यम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीद्/दी (धातु ‘to shine’) + प्र (उपसर्ग); कारणार्थक-प्रयोग (causative)