Rig Veda 8.3.24: Mandala 8, Sukta 3, Mantra 24

Sukta 8.3

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; Kaṇvāḥ)

Devata: Rohita / Indra-associated power; Pākasthāmā as the proclaimed giver

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आत्मा पितुस्तनूर्वास ओजोदा अभ्यञ्जनम् । तुरीयमिद्रोहितस्य पाकस्थामानं भोजं दातारमब्रवम् ॥

Transliteration

ātmā́ pitús tanū́r vā́sa ojó-dā́ abhy-àñjanam | turīyám íd rohítasya pā́ka-sthāmānaṃ bhójāṃ dā́tāram abravām ||

Translation

อาตมัน (Ātman) คือบิดา; กายคือเรือนและอาภรณ์; ผู้ประทานพลังคือการเจิมภายใน. และในฐานะพลังที่สี่ของโรหิตะ (Rohita) ข้าพเจ้าได้ประกาศปากัสถามา (Pākasthāmā)—ผู้เอื้อเฟื้อ ผู้ให้—ผู้ทำให้การเสวยสุขอันสุกงอมของวิญญาณสำเร็จบริบูรณ์.

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Word by Word

• आत्मा: self; vital essence
• आत्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तनूर्वासः: bodily garment; the body as clothing
• तनूर्वासः: Kartā (apposition to आत्मा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू-वासस् (समास/प्रातिपदिक)

• ओजः-दा: strength-giving
• ओजः-दा: Kartā (epithet of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (agent-noun)
• Root: दा (धातु) with ओजस् (उपपद)

• अभि-अञ्जनम्: anointing; unguent
• अभि-अञ्जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्ज् (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)

• तुरीयम्: the fourth
• तुरीयम्: Karma (as object-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)

• इद्: indeed; just
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात)

• रोहितस्य: of Rohita (the Red one)
• रोहितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाकस्थामानम्: one abiding in ripeness/maturity; the ‘ripe-staying’ one
• पाकस्थामानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक-स्थामन् (समास/प्रातिपदिक)

• भोजम्: bountiful one; enjoyer; patron
• भोजम्: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भोज (प्रातिपदिक)

• दातारम्: giver
• दातारम्: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: दा (धातु) → दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रवम्: I spoke; I declared
• अब्रवम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)