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Rig Veda 1.191.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 191, Mantra 8

Sukta 1.191

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional; see note above)
Devata: Sūrya/Āditya (explicit)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

उत्पुरस्तात्सूर्य एति विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा । अदृष्टान्त्सर्वाञ्जम्भयन्त्सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.191.8

út purástāt sū́rya eti viśvá-dṛṣṭo adṛṣṭa-hā́ | adṛ́ṣṭān sárvān jambháyan sárvāś ca yātu-dhā́nyaḥ ||

उत्पुरस्तात् सूर्य उदेति—विश्वदृष्टोऽदृष्टहा। स सर्वान् अदृष्टान् शत्रून् जम्भयन् सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः शक्तीः अपि भिनत्ति निहन्ति च।

उत्up; forth
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग)
पुरस्तात्in front; from the east/fore
पुरस्तात्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस्
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
एतिgoes; comes; moves
एति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (एति)
विश्वदृष्टःall-seeing; seen by all
विश्वदृष्टः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-दृष्ट
अदृष्टहाslayer of the unseen (evil)
अदृष्टहा:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootअ-दृष्ट-हन्
अदृष्टान्the unseen (ones); unseen evils
अदृष्टान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअ-दृष्ट
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
जम्भयत्crushes; destroys
जम्भयत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजम्भय (Denom./Caus. from √जम्भ्)
सर्वाःall (fem.)
सर्वाः:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यातुधान्यःwitches; sorceresses; demonesses (yātudhānīs)
यातुधान्यः:
Kartā (समुच्चित-विषयः/उल्लेखः) अथवा कर्मपदस्य निर्देशः (अर्थतः ‘यातुधान्यः’ = राक्षस्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootयातुधान

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