Rig Veda 8.68.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 68, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.68
Rishi: Priyamedha
Devata: Indra (invoked through epithets and lordship of force; Viśvānara here read as a universalized power of the divine force aiding the human journey)
Chandas: Virāḍ-anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वानरस्य वस्पतिमनानतस्य शवसः । एवैश्च चर्षणीनामूती हुवे रथानाम् ॥
Transliteration
viśvā́narasya vaspatím anā́natasya śávasāḥ | eváiś ca carṣaṇīnā́m ūtī́ huve ráthānām ||
Translation
ವಿಶ್ವಾನರ (ವ್ಯಾಪಕ ಅಗ್ನಿ/ವಿಶಾಲ ಶಕ್ತಿ) ಯ ವಸ್ಪತಿ—ಅಜೇಯ ಬಲದ ಅಧಿಪತಿ—ಅವರ ರಕ್ಷಕ ಊತಿಯನ್ನು ನಾನು ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ; ಅವರ ತ್ವರಿತ ಪ್ರೇರಣೆಗಳಿಂದ ಅವರು ಎಲ್ಲ ಮಾನವಕುಲಗಳ ಸಹಾಯಕನಾಗಿ, ನಮ್ಮ ಗತಿಯ ರಥಗಳ ಅಧಿಪತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.
Word by Word
विश्वानरस्यof Viśvānara
विश्वानरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootविश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
वस्पतिम्the lord of wealth
वस्पतिम्:
कर्म (of ‘हुवे’)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवस्-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
अनानतस्यof the unbowed / unconquered
अनानतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootअनानत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; न-आनत)
शवसःof might, of strength
शवसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of might’)
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed, just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
एश्चand this (one)
एश्च:
कर्ता (with implied ‘is/stands’ as deictic: ‘this one too’)
TypePronoun + particle
Rootएष (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + च
चर्षणीनाम्of the peoples, of the tribes
चर्षणीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the peoples’)
TypeNoun
Rootचर्षणी (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतीhelp, aid
ऊती:
कर्म (of ‘हुवे’)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
हुवेI invoke, I call
हुवे:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते) धातु
रथानाम्of chariots
रथानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of chariots’)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
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