Rig Veda 8.89.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 89, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.89
Rishi: Gautama (to be confirmed via Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तत्ते यज्ञो अजायत तदर्क उत हस्कृतिः । तद्विश्वमभिभूरसि यज्जातं यच्च जन्त्वम् ॥
Transliteration
tát te yajñó ajāyata tád arká utá há-skṛtiḥ | tád víśvam abhíbhūr asi yáj jā́taṃ yác ca jántvam ||
Translation
Then your sacrifice was born, and your hymn, and your shaping power. By that you become the overmaster of all that is born and all that yet moves to be born.
Word by Word
तत्that (this/that thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञःsacrifice, ritual
यज्ञः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
अजायतwas born / arose
अजायत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनि)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्कःhymn of praise / chant
अर्कः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
हस्कृतिःlaughter / joyous mirth (lit. act of laughing)
हस्कृतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहस्कृति (प्रातिपदिक; √हस् + कृति)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वम्all, the whole (universe)
विश्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिभूःoverpowering, conqueror
अभिभूः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participial/nominal form used as predicate)
Root√भू (with अभि-; ‘to overpower’)
असिyou are
असि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जातम्born, produced
जातम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Root√जन् → जात (क्त-प्रत्यय)
यत्and whatever
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
जन्त्वम्creaturehood; living being(s)
जन्त्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (abstract/collective)
Rootजन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
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