Rig Veda 8.46.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.46
Devata: Indra (hymn context); Adityas invoked as supporting powers
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दधानो गोमदश्ववत्सुवीर्यमादित्यजूत एधते । सदा राया पुरुस्पृहा ॥
Transliteration
dadhā́no gómat áśvavat suvī́ryam ādityá-jūta edhate | sádā rāyā́ puru-spṛ́hā ||
Translation
गोमदश्ववत् रयिं दधानः, सुवीर्यं च धारयन्, आदित्यजूत एधते; सदा पुरुस्पृहया राया वर्धते।
Word by Word
दधा॑नःbearing, bestowing
दधा॑नः:
Kartā (of एधते)
TypeVerb-derived adjective (present participle)
Root√धा (धा- धारणे) → दधा- (reduplicated present stem)
गोमत्rich in cows
गोमत्:
Karma (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootगो + -मत् (possessive suffix)
अश्ववत्rich in horses
अश्ववत्:
Karma (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्व + -वत् (possessive suffix)
सुवीर्यम्excellent manly power; heroic strength
सुवीर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)
आदित्यजू॑तःimpelled/sped by the Ādityas
आदित्यजू॑तः:
Kartā (epithet of the subject)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootआदित्य + √जु (जवने/प्रेरणे) → जूत (PPP) ; compound: आदित्य-जूत
एधतेthrives; grows strong
एधते:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√एध् (वृद्धौ)
सदा॑always
सदा॑:
Adhikaraṇa (temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
रायाwith wealth
राया:
Karaṇa (means/with)
TypeNoun
Rootराय्/राय (प्रातिपदिकम् ‘wealth’)
पुरुस्पृहा॑much-desired; eagerly longed for
पुरुस्पृहा॑:
Kartā (epithet of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु- + √स्पृह् (ईप्सायाम्) → स्पृह (desiderative sense ‘desire’) ; compound: पुरु-स्पृह
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