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Rig Veda 8.40.11: Mandala 8, Sukta 40, Mantra 11

Sukta 8.40

Rishi: Nabhāka (as indicated by the refrain/epithet nabhāka-vat in the hymn; traditional attribution)
Devata: Indra (implicit heroic breaker of Śuṣṇa’s enclosures) / the invoked victorious Power
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires full metrical count verification against pada lengths)

तं शिशीता स्वध्वरं सत्यं सत्वानमृत्वियम् । उतो नु चिद्य ओहत आण्डा शुष्णस्य भेदत्यजैः स्वर्वतीरपो नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥

taṃ śiśītā svadhvaraṃ satyaṃ satvānam ṛtviyam | uto nu cid ya ohasā āṇḍāni śuṣṇasya bhedati jeṣat svaḥ-vatīr apo nabhantām anyake same ||

จงลับคมและเตรียมท่านด้วยหนทางแห่งพิธีบูชาที่ถูกต้อง—พลังแห่งยัญญะอันสัตย์จริงและมุ่งตรง พลังที่ทำงานถูกกาลฤดู. เพราะแม้บัดนี้ ท่านย่อมด้วยกำลังของตนทำลายไข่ของศุษณะ (Śuṣṇa); แล้วสายน้ำที่อุ้มแสงสุริยะก็พวยพุ่งออกมา และส่องประกายในระดับที่สูงกว่า ภายในความเป็นเดียวกันนั้น.

तम्him/that
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शिशीतsharpen/prepare (you)
शिशीत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootशि (धातु; ‘to sharpen/prepare’)
स्वध्वरम्well-ordered/without injury (sacrifice/rite)
स्वध्वरम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वध्वर (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + अध्वर ‘sacrifice’)
सत्यम्true, real
सत्यम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सत्वानम्the strong/mighty one
सत्वानम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्वान् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mighty/possessing strength’)
ऋत्वियम्ritual-priestly; fit for the rite
ऋत्वियम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootऋत्विय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘belonging to the rite/seasonal priest’)
उतोand also; moreover
उतो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
चित्even
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओहतbrought/drove
ओहत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवह्/ऊह् (धातु; RV usage ‘to carry/bring/drive’)
आण्डाःeggs/ovoid masses
आण्डाः:
कर्म (भेदत्य् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootआण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; ‘egg/testicle; oval mass’)
शुष्णस्यof Śuṣṇa
शुष्णस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootशुष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; दैत्य-नाम)
भेदतिsplits, breaks
भेदति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभिद् (धातु; ‘to split’)
अजैःwith goats (as means)
अजैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक; ‘goat’; also ‘unborn/driver’ in some contexts)
स्वर्वतीःsun-bright, heaven-bringing
स्वर्वतीः:
कर्ता (अपः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वर्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sunlit/heavenly, possessing light’)
अपःwaters
अपः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘waters’)
नभन्ताम्let them burst forth/spring
नभन्ताम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootनभ् (धातु; ‘to burst forth/swell; spring’)
अन्यकेin/with another (place/one)
अन्यके:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअन्यक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘other/another’)
समेin the same/level place; together
समे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun/Adjective (locative)
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘level, equal; together’)

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