Rig Veda 8.46.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.46

Devata: Indra (hymn context); Adityas invoked as supporting powers

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दधानो गोमदश्ववत्सुवीर्यमादित्यजूत एधते । सदा राया पुरुस्पृहा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.46.5

Transliteration

dadhā́no gómat áśvavat suvī́ryam ādityá-jūta edhate | sádā rāyā́ puru-spṛ́hā ||

Translation

Membawa kekayaan yang bercahaya—penuh sinar (lembu) dan daya gerak (kuda)—serta vīrya (kekuatan kepahlawanan) yang benar; ia berkembang oleh dorongan para Āditya; sentiasa ia bertambah dengan harta yang ramai mendambakan.

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Word by Word

• दधा॑नः: bearing, bestowing
• दधा॑नः: Kartā (of एधते)
• Type: Verb-derived adjective (present participle)
• Root: √धा (धा- धारणे) → दधा- (reduplicated present stem)

• गोमत्: rich in cows
• गोमत्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गो + -मत् (possessive suffix)

• अश्ववत्: rich in horses
• अश्ववत्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व + -वत् (possessive suffix)

• सुवीर्यम्: excellent manly power; heroic strength
• सुवीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• आदित्यजू॑तः: impelled/sped by the Ādityas
• आदित्यजू॑तः: Kartā (epithet of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: आदित्य + √जु (जवने/प्रेरणे) → जूत (PPP) ; compound: आदित्य-जूत

• एधते: thrives; grows strong
• एधते: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √एध् (वृद्धौ)

• सदा॑: always
• सदा॑: Adhikaraṇa (temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• राया: with wealth
• राया: Karaṇa (means/with)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/राय (प्रातिपदिकम् ‘wealth’)

• पुरुस्पृहा॑: much-desired; eagerly longed for
• पुरुस्पृहा॑: Kartā (epithet of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु- + √स्पृह् (ईप्सायाम्) → स्पृह (desiderative sense ‘desire’) ; compound: पुरु-स्पृह