Rig Veda 8.75.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 75, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.75
Rishi: Unknown/uncertain.
Devata: Agni (dominant across the surrounding verses), with 'vṛṣan' as the invoked might/force-aspect
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तस्मै नूनमभिद्यवे वाचा विरूप नित्यया । वृष्णे चोदस्व सुष्टुतिम् ॥
Transliteration
tásmai nūnám abhídyave vācā vírūpa nítyayā | vṛ́ṣṇe codasva suṣṭutím ||
Translation
Now, for him who presses forward toward the Light, urge on with the word—ever-new and many-formed—this well-fashioned praise for the Mighty One, so that the inner force may be increased.
Word by Word
तस्मैto him / for him
तस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नूनम्now; indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
अभिद्यवेto the onrushing/assailing one (epithet)
अभिद्यवे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (agent/epithet)
Rootअभि-√द्यु (द्यु—दीप्तौ/गतौ) → अभिद्युः/अभिद्यव् (प्रातिपदिक)
वाचाwith speech; by a hymn
वाचा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
विरूपO manifold-formed / of varied form
विरूप:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootवि-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
नित्ययाwith constant/everlasting (speech)
नित्यया:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्णेto the Bull (the mighty one)
वृष्णे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
चोदस्वimpel; set in motion
चोदस्व:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चुद् (चुद—प्रेरणे)
सुष्टुतिम्good praise; well-formed hymn
सुष्टुतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसु-√स्तु (स्तु—स्तुतौ) → सुष्टुति (प्रातिपदिक)
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