Rig Veda 8.33.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 33, Mantra 17
Sukta 8.33
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (hymn attribution)
Devata: Indra (speaker/authority invoked)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रश्चिद्घा तदब्रवीत्स्त्रिया अशास्यं मनः । उतो अह क्रतुं रघुम् ॥
Transliteration
índraś cid ghā tád abravīt striyā́ aśā́syaṃ mánaḥ | utó áha krátum raghúm ||
Translation
Even Indra said this: the mind in the feminine nature is not to be ruled by command; yet it has also a swift and ready will. So too within us, the receptive consciousness is not coerced—it is won and then moves quickly.
Word by Word
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात/अव्यय)
घindeed; surely
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (निपात/अव्यय)
तत्that (this statement/thing)
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अब्रवीत्said; spoke
अब्रवीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
स्त्रियाःof a woman
स्त्रियाः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
अशास्यम्not to be ruled/controlled; ungovernable
अशास्यम्:
विशेषण (मनः-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (verbal derivative)
Root√शास् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय) → शास्य; नञ्-पूर्वक: अ-शास्य
मनःmind
मनः:
कर्तृ (अस्ति/भवति इति गम्यते) / विषय
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
उतोand also; moreover
उतो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ + तो (निपात-समूह; वैदिक अव्यय)
अहindeed; surely
अह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअह (निपात/अव्यय)
क्रतुम्resolve; will; plan; intelligence
क्रतुम्:
कर्म (understood object: ‘(he knows/observes) the resolve’ etc.)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
रघुम्swift; quick
रघुम्:
विशेषण (क्रतुम्-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरघु (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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