Rig Veda 8.78.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 78, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.78
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत नः कर्णशोभना पुरूणि धृष्णवा भर । त्वं हि शृण्विषे वसो ॥
Transliteration
utá naḥ karṇaśóbhānā purū́ṇi dhṛṣṇavā́ bhara | tváṃ hí śṛṇviṣé vaso ||
Translation
उत नः कर्णशोभनानि पुरूणि धृष्णवो भर; त्वं हि शृण्विषे वसो।
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (avyaya)
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessor/related-to)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
कर्णशोभनाO ear-delighting/ear-pleasing one
कर्णशोभना:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootकर्ण-शोभन (तत्पुरुष-समास; शोभन < √शुभ्/शोभ् ‘to shine, be beautiful’)
पुरूणिmany (things)
पुरूणि:
कर्म (object)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun-like adjective
Rootपुरु (prātipadika)
धृष्णवाO bold one
धृष्णवा:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootधृष्णु (adj. ‘bold, daring’ < √धृष् ‘to dare’)
भरbring, bestow
भर:
क्रिया (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भृञ्) ‘to bear, bring’
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (avyaya)
शृण्विषेyou listen, you hear
शृण्विषे:
क्रिया (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (शृणोति) ‘to hear’
वसोO Vasu / O beneficent one
वसो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootवसु (noun/epithet ‘good, beneficent; wealth’)
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