Rig Veda 8.51.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 51, Mantra 9

Sukta 8.51

Rishi: Kanva tradition (Kāṇva); specific rishi for 8.51 uncertain in this excerpt

Devata: Indra (addressed as ruśama; receiver of rayi as offering/flow)

Chandas: Jagatī/Tr̥ṣṭubh probable; requires scan

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यस्यायं विश्व आर्यो दासः शेवधिपा अरिः । तिरश्चिदर्ये रुशमे परीरवि तुभ्येत्सो अज्यते रयिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.51.9

Transliteration

yásyāyaṃ víśva ā́ryo dā́saḥ śevadhipā́ aríḥ | tiráś cid aryé rúśame párīravi túbhyet só ajyate rayíḥ ||

Translation

ผู้ใดที่สำหรับเขา ชาวอารยะ (Ārya) ทั้งมวลและดาสะ (Dāsa) ทั้งปวง กลายเป็นศัตรูผู้เฝ้าขุมทรัพย์ (ari); แม้ข้ามพ้นเส้นแบ่งกั้น เพื่ออารยะ โอผู้ส่องประกาย กระแสแห่งความอุดมก็ถูกหลั่งรินแก่ท่านผู้เดียว—ทรัพย์สมบัติ (rayi) ถูกเจิมให้แก่ท่านเท่านั้น.

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Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• अयम्: this (man/person)
• अयम्: कर्तृ (with implied copula)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वः: all, entire
• विश्वः: विशेषण (of आर्यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आर्यः: the Aryan (noble one)
• आर्यः: कर्तृ (with implied copula)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दासः: the Dāsa (hostile/servile one)
• दासः: कर्तृ (with implied copula; predicative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रातिपदिक)

• शेवधिपाः: treasure-guardians
• शेवधिपाः: कर्तृ (predicative/appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेवधि-प (समास: शेवधि ‘treasure’ + पा ‘protector’, from √पा ‘to protect/drink’)

• अरिः: enemy
• अरिः: कर्तृ (predicative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिरः: across, beyond
• तिरः: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय)

• चित्: even
• चित्: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• अर्ये: to the Arya
• अर्ये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• रुशम्: the shining one / the bright (one)
• रुशम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: रुश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bright/white’)

• परीः: abundance, plenty
• परीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: परी (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic form, ‘abundance/fulness’)

• अवि: manifestly, openly (Vedic particle)
• अवि: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवि (अव्यय; Vedic)

• तुभ्येत्: to you indeed
• तुभ्येत्: सम्प्रदान (to you) + निपात
• Type: Pronoun + particle
• Root: त्वम् (सर्वनाम) + इत् (निपात)

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अज्यते: is anointed / is bestowed (as if anointed)
• अज्यते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अञ्ज् (अज्) ‘to anoint, smear’ (आत्मनेपद)

• रयिः: wealth, bounty
• रयिः: कर्तृ (subject of अज्यते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)