Rig Veda 8.25.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 25, Mantra 12
Sukta 8.25
Devata: Viṣṇu; Sindhu (as a invoked power/current)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अघ्नते विष्णवे वयमरिष्यन्तः सुदानवे । श्रुधि स्वयावन्त्सिन्धो पूर्वचित्तये ॥
Transliteration
ághnate víṣṇave vayám áriṣyantaḥ sudā́nave | śrudhí svayā́vant síndho pū́rvacittaye ||
Translation
അഹിംസകനായ വിഷ്ണുവിനോടും, സുദാനവ (ഉദാരദാതാവ്)നോടും, ഞങ്ങൾ—അനാഹതരാകുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച്—വിളിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ സിന്ധു, സ്വയാവന്ത് (സ്വയം പ്രേരിത)നായവനേ, പുരാതനചിത്തത്തിന്റെ ജാഗരണത്തിനായി ഞങ്ങളുടെ വാക്ക് കേൾക്കുക.
Word by Word
अघ्नतेto the ‘non-slaying’ one (epithet)
अघ्नते:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootअघ्नत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अघ्न’ = अहिंसक/अहन्-रहित, epithet)
विष्णवेto Viṣṇu
विष्णवे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अरिष्यन्तःbeing in danger / about to perish
अरिष्यन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb-participle (present/future-oriented)
Root√ऋष्/अरिष् (धातु; ‘to be harmed/perish’ → desiderative/incipient sense ‘about to perish’)
सुदानवेto the good giver
सुदानवे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootसुदानु (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + दानु ‘good giver’)
श्रुधिhear! / listen!
श्रुधि:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
स्वयावन्त्O self-impelled/strong one
स्वयावन्त्:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootस्वयावन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having one’s own strength/impulse’, epithet)
सिन्धोO Sindhu (river/deity)
सिन्धो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वचित्तयेfor forethought / for prior intention
पूर्वचित्तये:
सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजन-दत्तिव)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootपूर्वचित्ति (प्रातिपदिक; पूर्व + चित्ति ‘forethought/earlier intention’)
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