Rig Veda 7.31.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 31, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.31
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable)
Devata: Indra (implied by context of 7.31)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शंसेदुक्थं सुदानव उत द्युक्षं यथा नरः । चकृमा सत्यराधसे ॥
Transliteration
śáṃsed uktháṃ su-dā́nava utá dyukṣáṃ yáthā nárāḥ | cakṛmā́ satyá-rādhase ||
Translation
Let us proclaim the hymn to the good giver, and the shining utterance as men do; for we have worked for the one whose bounty is true—whose grace accomplishes the Truth.
Word by Word
शंसेpraise! / recite (a hymn)!
शंसे:
(वाक्य-क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√शंस् (śaṃs) अथवा √शंस् (स्तुति/प्रशंसा)
इद्indeed / just
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात)
उक्थम्hymn; solemn recitation
उक्थम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
सुदानवःO generous ones / O bounteous (patrons)
सुदानवः:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun (vocative, epithet)
Rootसु-दानु (प्रातिपदिक) / सुदानु (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
द्युक्षम्the radiant one / the shining (one)
द्युक्षम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective (as object)
Rootद्युक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दीप्त/प्रकाशमान’)
यथाas / just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
नरःmen / heroes
नरः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
चकृमाwe have made / we have done
चकृमा:
(वाक्य-क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (kṛ) ‘to do, make’
सत्यराधसेfor true bounty / for genuine beneficence
सत्यराधसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (dative, epithet)
Rootसत्य-राधस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; राधस् = ‘दान/उपकार/समृद्धि’)
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