Rig Veda 8.69.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.69
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (explicitly referenced)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि प्र गोपतिं गिरेन्द्रमर्च यथा विदे । सूनुं सत्यस्य सत्पतिम् ॥
Transliteration
abhí prá gó-patiṃ giréndram arca yáthā vidé | sū́nuṃ satyásya sát-patim ||
Translation
詞（ことば）もて前へと押し進め、光の牝牛の主インドラを讃えよ、われらが知り得るために――真実の子、正しき在り方のまことの主を。
Word by Word
अ॒भिtowards, unto
अ॒भि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गोपतिम्the herdsman/lord of cattle (protector)
गोपतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगोपति (प्रातिपदिक: गो+पति)
गिराwith a song/hymn
गिरा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्री.)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म (गोपतिम् इन्द्रम्—समानााधिकरण/विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्चpraise!, sing!
अर्च:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
यथाas, so that
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
विदेI know, I recognize
विदे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
सूनुम्son
सूनुम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
सत्यस्यof truth / of the true (one)
सत्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सत्पतिम्lord of the good/true (men), good lord
सत्पतिम्:
कर्म (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्पति (प्रातिपदिक: सत्+पति)
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