Rig Veda 8.16.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 16, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.16
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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्मिन्नुक्थानि रण्यन्ति विश्वानि च श्रवस्या । अपामवो न समुद्रे ॥
Transliteration
yásminn ukthā́ni ráṇyanti víśvāni ca śravasyā́ | apā́m ávo ná samudré ||
Translation
यस्मिन्नु सर्वाण्युक्थानि रण्यन्ति सर्वाश्च श्रवस्याः परिपूर्यन्ते—अपामवो न समुद्रे—स इन्द्रः प्रेरितवाचः जयश्रवसश्च विशालाधारः।
Word by Word
यस्मिन्in which (in whom/wherein)
यस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्-
नुnow; indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
उक्थानिhymns; laudations
उक्थानि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
रण्यन्तिrejoice; resound pleasantly
रण्यन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रण्य (रण्यति) अथवा √रम् (वेद. ‘to rejoice/sound pleasantly’)
विश्वानिall
विश्वानि:
Kartā (उक्थानि-समन्वयेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
श्रवस्याglorious; fame-bringing
श्रवस्या:
Kartā (उक्थानि-समन्वयेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रवस्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fame-seeking/praiseworthy’)
अपामवःApāmava (name/epithet: ‘aid of the waters’)
अपामवः:
Kartā (उपमान-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootअपामव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘helper/strength of the waters’)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
समुद्रेin the ocean
समुद्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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