Rig Veda 8.52.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 52, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.52
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva tradition)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्मै त्वं वसो दानाय मंहसे स रायस्पोषमिन्वति । वसूयवो वसुपतिं शतक्रतुं स्तोमैरिन्द्रं हवामहे ॥
Transliteration
yásmai tváṃ vaso dānā́ya máṃhase sá rāyás póṣam invati | vasūyávo vásupatiṃ śatákratuṃ stómair índraṃ havāmahe ||
Translation
Komu Ty, o Wasu, dajesz swoją popychającą hojność, ten posuwa naprzód wzrost obfitości. My, szukający prawdziwych bogactw, wzywamy Indrę, pana bogactw i stumocnego, naszymi uporządkowanymi hymnami.
Word by Word
यस्मैto whom
यस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्-
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वसोO Vasu / O wealthy one
वसो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
दानायfor giving, for a gift
दानाय:
प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक; √दा ‘to give’ से भाव)
मंहसेfor bounty, for largesse
मंहसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootमंहस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bounty, liberality’)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रायःof wealth
रायः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootराय्/रायि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth’)
पोषम्nourishment, increase
पोषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपोष (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्वतिimpels, furthers
इन्वति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√इन्/ईन् (Vedic) ‘to set in motion, to impel, to further’
वसूयवःwe, desiring wealth
वसूयवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootवसूयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘desiring wealth’)
वसुपतिम्the lord of wealth
वसुपतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवसुपति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lord of wealth’)
शतक्रतुम्the hundred-powered (Indra)
शतक्रतुम्:
विशेषण (of the object)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootशतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of a hundred powers/acts’, epithet of Indra)
स्तोमैःwith hymns, with praises
स्तोमैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke, we call
हवामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/ह्वयते) ‘to call, invoke’
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