Rig Veda 8.64.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 64, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.64
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कं ते दाना असक्षत वृत्रहन्कं सुवीर्या । उक्थे क उ स्विदन्तमः ॥
Transliteration
káṁ te dānā́ asakṣata vṛ́tra-han káṁ su-vī́ryā | ukthé ká u svíd ántamaḥ ||
Translation
โอ ผู้สังหารวฤตระ ผู้ใดเล่าที่ทานของพระองค์ได้ไปถึงโดยแท้? วีรภาพอันกล้า (สุวีรยะ) ของพระองค์มอบแก่ผู้ใด? ในบทสรรเสริญนี้ ผู้ใดเล่าที่ใกล้ที่สุด—ผู้ใดสนิทแนบแน่นกับพระองค์ที่สุด?
Word by Word
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (प्रश्न-वस्तु)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/स्वामित्व)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
दानाःgifts, donations
दानाः:
Kartā (वाक्ये ‘असक्षत’ इत्यस्य कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक; √दा ‘देने’)
असक्षतwere able, sufficed
असक्षत:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सह्/सक्ष् (सहने/समर्थे) — वैदिक रूप ‘सक्ष्’
वृत्रहन्O Vṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृत्र’ + √हन् ‘हिंसागत्योः’)
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (प्रश्न-वस्तु)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुवीर्याgood hero-powers, splendid valor
सुवीर्या:
Karma (असक्षत इत्यस्य विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootसुवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + वीर्य)
उक्थेin the hymn, in the praise
उक्थे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण: ‘उक्थे’ = स्तोत्रे/प्रशस्तौ)
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā (अन्तमः इत्यस्य कर्ता/विषयः)
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed, then
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
स्वित्pray? I wonder
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
अन्तमःthe nearest / the most intimate (closest)
अन्तमः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणं ‘कः’ इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootअन्तम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अन्त’ + तमप्)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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