Rig Veda 1.86.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 86, Mantra 8

Sukta 1.86

Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional)

Devata: Marutaḥ (addressed as naraḥ, satyaśavasaḥ)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शशमानस्य वा नरः स्वेदस्य सत्यशवसः । विदा कामस्य वेनतः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.86.8

Transliteration

śaśamānáasya vā naraḥ svédasya satyaśavasaḥ | vidā́ kā́masya vénataḥ ||

Translation

O heroic ones of true strength, whether for the toiler who labours in his own heat, or for the seeker of delight—may he win by your knowledge the desired fulfilment.

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Word by Word

• शशमानस्य: of the striving/active (one)
• शशमानस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: शशमान (√शम्/√शम ‘to toil, exert; be active’, kṛdanta: शशमान-)

• वा: or/indeed
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• नरः: men, heroes
• नरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर

• स्वेदस्य: of sweat; of exertion
• स्वेदस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद

• सत्यशवसः: (you) of true strength
• सत्यशवसः: कर्तृ (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सत्य-शवस् (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि: ‘true/real strength’)

• विदा: know/find!
• विदा: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् ‘to know, find’

• कामस्य: of desire, of wish
• कामस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम

• वेनतः: of the seeker/desirer
• वेनतः: सम्बन्ध (genitival)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वेनत्/वेन (from √वन्/√वे ‘to desire, seek, love’; ‘seeker/lover’)