Rig Veda 8.23.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 23, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.23
Devata: Agni (with Mitra-like harmonizing aspect)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यज्ञेभिरद्भुतक्रतुं यं कृपा सूदयन्त इत् । मित्रं न जने सुधितमृतावनि ॥
Transliteration
yajñébhi r ádbhutakratúṃ yáṃ kṛpā́ sū́dayante ít | mitráṃ ná jané su-dhítam ṛtā́vani ||
Translation
Him of wondrous will whom the forming-grace kindles by sacrifices—like a Friend among men, well-established in the people—he guards the Truth-Order, and makes the human field fit for it.
Word by Word
यज्ञेभिःwith/through sacrifices
यज्ञेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक) < √यज्
अद्भुतक्रतुम्him of wondrous might/resolve
अद्भुतक्रतुम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootअद्भुत-क्रतु- (समास; प्रातिपदिक) [अद्भुत ‘wonderful’ + क्रतु ‘power/resolve’]
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कृपा(his/your) compassion, grace
कृपा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकृपा- (प्रातिपदिक)
सूदयन्तेthey impel/rouse (him); they set (him) in motion
सूदयन्ते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सूदय्/√सूद् (कारण/प्रेरणार्थक ‘to impel, set in motion, make prosper’)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात; emphatic particle)
मित्रम्Mitra (the god)/a friend
मित्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
जनेamong people, in the folk
जने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootजन- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुधितम्well-disposed/well-ordered; well-thought
सुधितम्:
कर्म (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Rootसु-धित- (कृदन्त; √धा ‘to place/put; to think’ → धित ‘set/ordered; thought’, with सु-)
ऋतावनिin/with the protector of ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतावनि:
अधिकरण (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootऋत-आवन्- (समास/प्रातिपदिक) [ऋत ‘cosmic order’ + आवन् ‘helping/protecting’]
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