Rig Veda 8.27.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 27, Mantra 16

Sukta 8.27

Devata: Ādityas / Viśve Devāḥ as givers of right choice and law

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र स क्षयं तिरते वि महीरिषो यो वो वराय दाशति । प्र प्रजाभिर्जायते धर्मणस्पर्यरिष्टः सर्व एधते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.27.16

Transliteration

prá sá kṣáyaṃ tirate ví mahī́r íṣo yó vo vārā́ya dā́śati | prá prajā́bhir jāyate dhármaṇas pár y áriṣṭáḥ sárva edhate ||

Translation

Ele avança, para além da carência, até uma morada segura; conquista impulsos de força, amplos e poderosos — aquele que vos oferece para a escolha verdadeira. Nasce adiante com descendências, guardado pelo Dharma (a Lei); ileso em cada parte, cresce na totalidade do ser.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• क्षयम्: dwelling, abode
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (prātipadika; from √क्षि/क्षय ‘to dwell, perish’)

• तिरते: crosses, passes over
• तिरते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (तॄ/तॢ) ‘to cross over’

• वि: apart, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• महीः: great (ones)
• महीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (adj. prātipadika from मह् ‘great’)

• इषः: refreshments, invigorations
• इषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (prātipadika) ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• वः: of you, your
• वः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• वराय: for a boon / for choice (favor)
• वराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (prātipadika) ‘choice, boon; (also) suitor’

• दाशति: gives, offers
• दाशति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दाश् (also √दश् in Vedic) ‘to give, offer, worship’

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• प्रजाभिः: with progeny, by offspring
• प्रजाभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (prātipadika) ‘offspring, progeny’

• जायते: is born, arises
• जायते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् ‘to be born, arise’

• धर्मणः: from (the) ordinance/order
• धर्मणः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मन् (prātipadika) ‘law, order, ordinance’

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga)

• अरिष्टः: unharmed, safe
• अरिष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिष्ट (adj. prātipadika) ‘unharmed, uninjured, safe’

• सर्वः: all, wholly
• सर्वः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (adj./pron. prātipadika) ‘all’

• एधते: thrives, increases
• एधते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √एध् ‘to prosper, grow, thrive’