Rig Veda 8.6.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 17
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
य इमे रोदसी मही समीची समजग्रभीत् । तमोभिरिन्द्र तं गुहः ॥
Transliteration
yá imé ródasī mahī́ samīcī́ samajagrabhīt | támobhir indra táṃ guhaḥ ||
Translation
यः इमे महती रोदसी—द्यावापृथिव्यौ—समीची समजग्रभीत्, तं हे इन्द्र तमोभिः गुहासु न्यगूहः; स निहितः शक्तिः प्रकाशाय प्रतीक्षते।
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika ‘ya-’)
इमेthese two
इमे:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (prātipadika; dual of ‘rodas-’)
महीgreat
मही:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमही (prātipadika; from मह्/महā ‘great’)
समीचीfacing each other / in mutual correspondence
समीची:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसमीची (prātipadika; from सम् + अञ्च् ‘to turn/face’)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (upasarga)
अजग्रभीत्seized, grasped
अजग्रभीत्:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु) with reduplication (जग्रभ्) + आङ् (ā-) ; aorist formation
तमःdarkness
तमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (prātipadika)
भिःwith (by means of)
भिः:
Karaṇa
TypePostpositional ending (vibhakti)
Rootभिस् (instrumental plural ending)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
गुहःyou hide / conceal
गुहः:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootगुह् (धातु ‘to hide/conceal’)
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