Rig Veda 8.19.34: Mandala 8, Sukta 19, Mantra 34
Sukta 8.19
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (hymn sequence; verse shifts to Ādityas)
Devata: Ādityas (Varuṇa-Mitra-Aryaman group implicitly)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यमादित्यासो अद्रुहः पारं नयथ मर्त्यम् । मघोनां विश्वेषां सुदानवः ॥
Transliteration
yám ādityāso adruhaḥ pā́raṃ náyatha mártyam | maghónāṃ víśveṣāṃ sudā́navaḥ ||
Translation
Whom you, O Adityas, without deceit, lead across to the farther shore—the mortal—(him you uphold), O good givers, for all the mighty ones who seek the largeness.
Word by Word
यम्whom (the mortal)
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
आदित्यासःthe Ādityas
आदित्यासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (prātipadika)
अद्रुहःnon-hostile, not injuring
अद्रुहः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-द्रुह् (prātipadika; from √द्रुह् ‘to harm, be hostile’)
पारम्to the far shore, across
पारम्:
अधिकारण (गत्यर्थे लक्ष्य-देशः)
TypeNoun (adverbial use)
Rootपार (prātipadika) / पारम् (avyaya-like accusative used adverbially)
नयथyou lead
नयथ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नयति)
मर्त्यम्a mortal
मर्त्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (prātipadika)
मघोनाम्of the bountiful (patrons)
मघोनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन् (prātipadika)
विश्वेषाम्of all
विश्वेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective (pronominal)
Rootविश्व (prātipadika)
सुदानवःgood givers, generous ones
सुदानवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-दानु (prātipadika; ‘good-giving, liberal’)
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