Rig Veda 8.2.41: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 41
Sukta 8.2
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; Kaṇvāḥ)
Devata: Indra (indirectly; generosity under Indra’s auspices)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like brevity / mixed (probable; short pādas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शिक्षा विभिन्दो अस्मै चत्वार्ययुता ददत् । अष्टा परः सहस्रा ॥
Transliteration
śíkṣā vibhindo asmai catvā́ry ayutā́ dádat | aṣṭā́ paráḥ sahásrā ||
Translation
ഇത് പഠിച്ചു അറിയുക: വിഭിന്ദു അവനു നാലു അയുതങ്ങൾ (നാലു ദശസഹസ്രം) നൽകി; അതിനപ്പുറം എട്ടു സഹസ്രങ്ങളും (എട്ടായിരം) — ഇന്ദ്രബലം സന്നിഹിതമായാൽ ദാനശക്തി ഇങ്ങനെ വർധിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
शिक्षाinstruction; teaching (personified/abstract)
शिक्षा:
Kartā (as subject of ददत्) / or appositional subject-name
TypeNoun
Root√शिक्ष् (शिक्षा- ‘instruction/teaching’; also ‘to instruct’)
विभिन्दोO Vibhindu (name/epithet)
विभिन्दो:
Sambodhana (addressed)
TypeNoun (Proper name/epithet)
Rootविभिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; likely a proper name/epithet)
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
चत्वारिfour
चत्वारि:
Karma (object of ददत्)
TypeNumeral (Adjective)
Rootचतुर्
अयुताten-thousands
अयुता:
Karma (quantifier of the object)
TypeNumeral (Noun/Adjective)
Rootअयुत (प्रातिपदिक ‘ten-thousand’; Vedic numeral)
ददत्gave
ददत्:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (ददाति)
अष्टाeight
अष्टा:
Karma (elliptic: ‘(gave) eight …’)
TypeNumeral
Rootअष्टन्
परःfurther; moreover
परः:
Viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial qualifier
TypeAdjective/Indeclinable-like adjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक ‘further, beyond, additional’)
सहस्राःthousands
सहस्राः:
Karma (elliptic object with अष्टा: ‘eight thousands’)
TypeNoun (numeral noun)
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक ‘thousand’)
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