Rig Veda 8.46.31: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 31
Sukta 8.46
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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अध यच्चारथे गणे शतमुष्ट्राँ अचिक्रदत् । अध श्वित्नेषु विंशतिं शता ॥
Transliteration
adha yác cā́rathe gaṇé śatám uṣṭrā́n ácikradat | adha śvitnéṣu viṃśatíṃ śatá ||
Translation
अथ यत् चारथे गणे, शतम् उष्ट्रान् अचिक्रदत्; अथ श्वित्नेषु विंशतिं शता (द्विसहस्रं) आनयत्—यात्रायै दीप्त-शक्तीनां च वृद्धये बहुगुण-समर्थ्यस्य लक्षणम्।
Word by Word
अधthen, thereupon
अध:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (अव्यय)
यत्which, that (thing)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चारथेin/at the chariot-ride (on the chariot)
चारथे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचारथ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चारथ’ = रथ/यात्रा-सम्बद्ध)
गणेin the troop, in the host
गणे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगण (प्रातिपदिक)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
उष्ट्रान्camels
उष्ट्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अचिक्रदत्cried out, bellowed
अचिक्रदत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootक्रन्द् (धातु; ‘cry, bellow’)
अधthen, thereafter
अध:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (अव्यय)
श्वित्नेषुin the white/bright (things/places)
श्वित्नेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootश्वित्न (प्रातिपदिक)
विंशतिम्twenty
विंशतिम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral
Rootविंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
शताhundreds
शता:
Karma
TypeNumeral
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
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