Rig Veda 8.93.5 — Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.93
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यद्वा प्रवृद्ध सत्पते न मरा इति मन्यसे । उतो तत्सत्यमित्तव ॥
Transliteration
yád vā pravṛddha satpate ná marā́ íti mányase | utó tát satyám ít táva ||
Translation
ഹേ സത്യത്തിന്റെ അധിപനേ, നിരന്തരം വർദ്ധിക്കുന്നവനേ! നീ ‘ഞാൻ നശിക്കുകയില്ല’ എന്നു കരുതുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, അതുതന്നെ നിന്റെ സത്യം— നിന്റെ സത്ത അക്ഷയസത്യത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതമാണ്; അത് ഒരിക്കലും വീഴ്ചപ്പെടുകയില്ല.
Word by Word
यद्वाor if (indeed)
यद्वा:
Adhikaraṇa (शर्त/प्रसङ्ग-निर्देशक) / Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् + वा
प्रवृद्धO mighty/fully grown
प्रवृद्ध:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृध् (वर्धने) → प्रवृद्ध (ppp) + प्र-
सत्पतेO lord of the good
सत्पते:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootसत् + पति (प्रातिपदिक: पति)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मरा(you) die
मरा:
Kriyā (verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootमृ (मरणे) → मरा (Vedic injunctive/imperf.-like form)
इतिthus / ‘so’
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
मन्यसेyou think/suppose
मन्यसे:
Kriyā (verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootमन्/मन्य् (मन्यते—‘to think, suppose’)
उतोand also
उतो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ + तो (उत + उ) → उतो
तत्that
तत्:
Kartā (as subject of ‘is’) / or Karma depending on ellipsis
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सत्यम्true / truth
सत्यम्:
Kriyā-pūraka (predicate complement)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (एव/अवधारणार्थक निपातः)
तवyour / of you
तव:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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