Rig Veda 8.55.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 55, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.55
Rishi: Kāṇva / Kāṇvāyana (uncertain from excerpt)
Devata: Indra (context), with enumerative dāna/wealth imagery
Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शतं वेणूञ्छतं शुनः शतं चर्माणि म्लातानि । शतं मे बल्बजस्तुका अरुषीणां चतुःशतम् ॥
Transliteration
śatáṃ veṇū́ñ śatáṃ śúnaḥ śatáṃ carmā́ṇi mlātā́ni | śatáṃ me balbaja-stukā́ aruṣīṇā́ṃ catúḥśatam ||
Translation
เวณุ (veṇu) หนึ่งร้อย, สุนัขผู้ว่องไว (śunáḥ) หนึ่งร้อย; เครื่องหุ้มหนัง (carmāṇi) ที่เตรียมไว้แล้วหนึ่งร้อย. ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าได้พวงที่สานด้วยหญ้าบัลพชะ (balbaja-stukā) หนึ่งร้อย และพลังของผู้แดงเรื่อ (aruṣīṇām) สี่ร้อย—เมื่อพลังตอบรับเสียงเรียก ความบริบูรณ์ก็ถูกนับดังนี้.
Word by Word
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (गणनाविशेषणरूपेण) / संख्या-निर्देश
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
वेणून्bamboo-stalks / reeds
वेणून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (गणनाविशेषणरूपेण) / संख्या-निर्देश
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
शुनःof a dog
शुनः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootशुन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘श्वन्’ इत्यस्य वैदिक-रूपम्)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (गणनाविशेषणरूपेण) / संख्या-निर्देश
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
चर्माणिhides, skins
चर्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
म्लातानिwithered, dried up
म्लातानि:
Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Rootम्ला (धातु) → म्लात (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/कर्मणि क्त)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (गणनाविशेषणरूपेण) / संख्या-निर्देश
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
मेmy, of me
मे:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम)
बल्बजःbalbaja-grass (a kind of coarse grass)
बल्बजः:
Kartā (सूच्य-कर्तृ/वस्तुनिर्देशः; ‘अस्ति’ इति लुप्तम्)
TypeNoun
Rootबल्बज (प्रातिपदिक; द्रव्य/तृणविशेषः)
तुकाःtufts/bundles (of grass/fibres)
तुकाः:
Kartā / विषय (समुच्चयेन; ‘अस्ति’ इति लुप्तम्)
TypeNoun
Rootतुका (प्रातिपदिक; तृण/रेशा-गुच्छ/तन्तुविशेषः)
अरुषीणाम्of the ruddy (mares/cows)
अरुषीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun/Adjective used substantively
Rootअरुषी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अरुष’ इत्यस्य स्त्रीलिङ्ग-रूपम्)
चतुःशतम्four hundred
चतुःशतम्:
Karma (गणनाविशेषणरूपेण) / संख्या-निर्देश
TypeNoun (numeral compound)
Rootचतुर् + शत (संख्यापद-समासः)
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