Rig Veda 8.14.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 14, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.14
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Devata: Indra
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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यज्ञ इन्द्रमवर्धयद्यद्भूमिं व्यवर्तयत् । चक्राण ओपशं दिवि ॥
Transliteration
yajñá índram avardhayad yád bhū́miṃ vy àvartayat | cakrāṇá ópaśaṃ diví ||
Translation
यज्ञ इन्द्रम् अवर्धयत् यदा स भूमेः आधारं विस्तीर्य सम्यक् प्रवर्तयत्, दिवि च ऊर्ध्वकर्मणः सुनिश्चितम् आधारम्—ओपशं—चकार।
Word by Word
यज्ञःthe sacrifice (ritual)
यज्ञः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; √यज्)
इन्द्रम्Indra (as object)
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अवर्धयत्increased, strengthened
अवर्धयत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धते) + अव-
यत्when; that (insofar as)
यत्:
(सम्बन्ध/उपपद)
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भूमिम्the earth
भूमिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, asunder, widely
वि:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
अवर्तयत्turned/rolled; set in motion; made to turn
अवर्तयत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वृत्/√वर्त् (वर्तते) + अव-
चक्राणःhaving made; doing; performing
चक्राणः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Root√कृ (कृणोति) → चक्राण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
उपशम्calm, appeasement, quieting
उपशम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउपश (प्रातिपदिक; उप-√शम् ‘to become calm/quiet’)
दिविin heaven; in the sky
दिवि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
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