Rig Veda 1.51.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 51, Mantra 8
Sukta 1.51
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि जानीह्यार्यान्ये च दस्यवो बर्हिष्मते रन्धया शासदव्रतान् । शाकी भव यजमानस्य चोदिता विश्वेत्ता ते सधमादेषु चाकन ॥
Transliteration
vi jānīhy āryān ye ca dasyavo barhiṣmate randhayā śāsad avratān | śākī bhava yajamānasya coditā viśvettā te sadha-mādeṣu cākana ||
Translation
वि जानीहि आर्यान् ये च दस्यवः। बर्हिष्मते शासदव्रतान् रन्धय। यजमानस्य चोदिता शाकी भव; विश्वेत्ते ते सधमादेषु चाकन्।
Word by Word
विapart, asunder, distinctly
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग)
जानीहिknow, recognize
जानीहि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ज्ञा (जानीहि < जानि-; Vedic imperative)
आर्यान्the Aryans (noble people)
आर्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
दस्यवःDasyus, hostile tribes
दस्यवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
बर्हिष्मतेto the one with sacred grass (the sacrificer/ritual patron)
बर्हिष्मते:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootबर्हिष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having/possessing barhis’)
रन्धयsubdue, make subject
रन्धय:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रन्ध् (रन्धय- causative)
शासद्ruling, chastising
शासद्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√शास्
अव्रतान्the lawless, vowless (ones)
अव्रतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअ-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
शाकीmighty, capable
शाकी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशाकिन्/शाकी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘able, powerful’)
भवbe
भव:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू
यजमानस्यof the sacrificer
यजमानस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (प्रातिपदिक)
चोदिताimpelled, inciting (one)
चोदिता:
Kartā (as epithet)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√चुद् (चोदित-; PPP) / चोदितृ (agentive sense in context)
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
सधमादेषुin the common feasts (sacrificial gatherings)
सधमादेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसधमाद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘common feast/banquet, sacrificial session’)
चाकन्they have delighted / are pleased
चाकन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कन्/√काम्? (Vedic perfect/preterite form चाकन्; idiom ‘to be pleased, to delight’)
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