Rig Veda 8.102.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 102, Mantra 15
Sukta 8.102
Devata: Agni (or the invoked deity’s ‘padam’ as realized station; hymn-context continues Agni)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पदं देवस्य मीळ्हुषोऽनाधृष्टाभिरूतिभिः । भद्रा सूर्य इवोपदृक् ॥
Transliteration
padáṁ devásya mīḷhúṣo ’nādhṛṣṭābhir ūtíbhíḥ | bhadrā́ sū́rya iva upadṛ́k ||
Translation
รอยก้าว (pada) แห่งเทพผู้เอื้อเฟื้อ ถูกคุ้มครองมั่นคงด้วยความช่วยเหลือที่ไม่มีผู้ใดต้านทานได้; เป็นทัศนะอันเป็นมงคลดุจดวงอาทิตย์—การเพ่งมองขึ้นสูงที่นำมาซึ่งสัมมาทัศนะ.
Word by Word
पदम्step; footprint; place
पदम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक) < √पद्/पद (गत्यर्थ) ‘to step’
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मीळ्हुषःof the bountiful one (the giver)
मीळ्हुषः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun (agent-noun/epithet)
Rootमीळ्हु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful/giver’; RV form)
अनाधृष्टाभिःwith unassailable
अनाधृष्टाभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाधृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; a- + √धृष् ‘to dare/assail’ → ‘not assailable’)
ऊतिभिःhelps; protections
ऊतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक; from √अव्/√ऊ ‘to help, protect’)
भद्राauspicious; gracious
भद्रा:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (of implied noun, e.g., ‘दृक्’/‘उपदृक्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
कर्तृ (उपमा-आधार in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike; as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
उपदृक्a fair sight; a gracious appearance
उपदृक्:
कर्तृ (predicate-noun/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootउपदृश्/उपदृक् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘appearance, sight, aspect’; from उप- + √दृश् ‘to see’)
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