Rig Veda 8.12.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.12
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इयं त ऋत्वियावती धीतिरेति नवीयसी । सपर्यन्ती पुरुप्रिया मिमीत इत् ॥
Transliteration
iyáṁ ta ṛtvíyāvatī dhītír eti navī́yasī | saparyántī purupriyā mimī́ta ít ||
Translation
นี่คือความดำริ (dhīti) ของท่าน อันประกอบด้วยความถูกกาลและระเบียบแห่งฤตะ (ṛtvíyāvatī) ใหม่สดเสมอและเคลื่อนไปข้างหน้า; นอบน้อมบูชา (saparayantī) เป็นที่รักของผู้คนมากมาย (purupriyā) และแท้จริงย่อมวัดจัดสรรส่วนอันสัตย์จริงให้แก่เรา
Word by Word
इयम्this (she/this one)
इयम्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you, for you
ते:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (Pronoun)
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / enclitic dative
ऋत्वियावतीpossessing priests/ritual officiants; attended by ṛtvijas
ऋत्वियावती:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत्वियावन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ऋत्विय + वत्)
धीतिḥthought, hymn, devotion
धीतिḥ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootधीति (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; √धी/ध्या ‘to think, meditate’ से भाव)
एतिgoes, comes, proceeds
एति:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (गमन)
नवीयसीnewer, ever-fresh
नवीयसी:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootनवीयस् (तुलनात्मक-प्रातिपदिक; ‘newer’)
सपर्यन्तीworshipping, serving
सपर्यन्ती:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (Participle)
Root√सपऱ्य्/सपर्य (सेवा/पूजा) → वर्तमान-कृदन्त
पुरुप्रियाdear to many; much-beloved
पुरुप्रिया:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरुप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; पुरु ‘many’ + प्रिय ‘dear’)
मिमीतेhas measured out; apportions
मिमीते:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मा (माने/मितौ ‘to measure, mete out’)
इत्indeed, just, even
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic particle)
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