Rig Veda 1.84.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 84, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.84
Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional attribution for RV 1.84)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 1.84; verse-level confirmation may vary by recension)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
य एक इद्विदयते वसु मर्ताय दाशुषे । ईशानो अप्रतिष्कुत इन्द्रो अङ्ग ॥
Transliteration
yá eka id vi-dayáte vásu mártāya dāśúṣe | ī́śāno áprati-skuta índro aṅgá ||
Translation
He who alone indeed apportions the true wealth to the mortal who gives himself in offering—Indra, the sovereign Master, whom none can turn back or outmatch: yes, that Indra.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाचकः—यः… सः) / विशेष्यः (ईशानः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एकःalone, single
एकः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (यः/इन्द्रः)
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootएक (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootइत् (निपात) < इद्
विद्यतेis found, exists
विद्यते:
क्रिया (सम्बन्धः: ‘यः… विद्यते’)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विद्—‘जानाति’) / वैदिके ‘विद्यते’ = ‘अस्ति/लभ्यते’
वसुwealth, good (treasure)
वसु:
कर्म (दा-क्रियायाः ‘ददाति’—‘वसु’ दातव्यम्)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
मर्तायto a mortal
मर्ताय:
सम्प्रदान (दाने—‘मर्ताय’)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (प्रातिपदिक) < √मृ ‘मरणे’
दाशुषेto the worshipper/giver
दाशुषे:
सम्प्रदान (यजमान/दानकर्ता—‘दाशुषे’)
TypeNoun (participle used substantively)
Rootदाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; परिपूर्ण/परिपक्व दानकर्ता) < √दाश्/√दश् ‘दान/पूजन’
ईशानःruling, lordly
ईशानः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (इन्द्रस्य)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootईशान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < √ईश् ‘ऐश्वर्ये/शासने’
अप्रतिष्कुतःunobstructed, unrepelled
अप्रतिष्कुतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (इन्द्रस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रतिष्कुत (प्रातिपदिक); प्रति-√स्कु/√स्कुन्द्? वैदिके ‘प्रतिष्कुत’ = ‘प्रतिहत/प्रतिबद्ध’ (obstructed) इत्यर्थे; अ- = नञ्
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (मुख्यः)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गindeed, surely (emphatic particle)
अङ्ग:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootअङ्ग (निपात)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
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