Rig Veda 8.83.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 83, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.83
Devata: Devas (collective), with emphasis on shared origin/kinship
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र भ्रातृत्वं सुदानवोऽध द्विता समान्या । मातुर्गर्भे भरामहे ॥
Transliteration
prá bhrātṛtváṃ su-dā́navo’ dha dvitā́ samā́nyā | mātúr gárbhe bharāmahe ||
Translation
ហៃអ្នកមានចិត្តសប្បុរស យើងខ្ញុំបីបានភាពជាបងប្អូន - ម្តងទៀតហើយម្តងទៀត ក្នុងការរួមគ្នាជាឯកភាព - ដូចជាត្រូវបានយកទៅដាក់ក្នុងផ្ទៃមាតាដើម្បីបង្កើតជាសាមគ្គីភាពតែមួយ។
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootप्र (upasarga)
भ्रातृत्वम्brotherhood, fraternal bond
भ्रातृत्वम्:
Karma (object/goal notion with प्र) / (also possible as predicate-accusative)
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृत्व (प्रातिपदिक; from भ्रातृ + -त्व)
सुदानवःO generous ones
सुदानवः:
Sambodhana (addressed persons)
TypeNoun (epithet/vocative plural)
Rootसुदानु (प्रातिपदिक; su- + दानु ‘giving’)
अधthen, moreover
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (particle)
द्विताagain, a second time
द्विता:
—
TypeIndeclinable (adverb)
Rootद्विता (adverb from द्वि)
समान्याcommon(ality), shared (state)
समान्या:
Kartā (subject of implied ‘is/comes’), or predicate with ellipsis
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
Rootसमान्य (प्रातिपदिक; from समान ‘same’)
मातुःof the mother
मातुः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
गर्भेin the womb
गर्भे:
Adhikaraṇa (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
भरामहेwe bear/carry (we hold)
भरामहे:
Kartā (we) with implied object ‘(it/this)’
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भृञ्) ‘to bear, carry’
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