Rig Veda 8.33.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 33, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.33
Rishi: Kāṇva seers (collective voice)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Likely Jagatī (needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कण्वेभिर्धृष्णवा धृषद्वाजं दर्षि सहस्रिणम् । पिशङ्गरूपं मघवन्विचर्षणे मक्षू गोमन्तमीमहे ॥
Transliteration
káṇvebhir dhr̥ṣṇavā́ dhr̥ṣádvā́jaṃ darṣi sahásriṇam | piśáṅgarūpaṃ maghavan vicarṣaṇe makṣū gómantam īmahe ||
Translation
With the Kāṇvas, O bold one, you grant the plenitude of force, rich in a thousand forms—radiant in tawny beauty. O bounteous lord who sees widely, swiftly we seek from you a herding of Light, a fullness of illumined riches.
Word by Word
कण्वेभिःwith/by the Kaṇvas (Kaṇva seers)
कण्वेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootकण्व (प्रातिपदिक)
धृष्णवाO bold one
धृष्णवा:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootधृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bold, daring’)
धृषत्daring, bold
धृषत्:
विशेषण (सम्बोधनार्थे) / सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (present participle)
Rootधृष् (धातु; ‘to be bold/dare’)
वाजम्prize; strength; (victory-)booty
वाजम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
दर्षिsee! behold!
दर्षि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु; ‘to see’)
सहस्रिणम्thousandfold; possessing a thousand
सहस्रिणम्:
कर्म (वाजम् इति विशेषणम्) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a thousand’)
पिशङ्गरूपम्of tawny/variegated form
पिशङ्गरूपम्:
कर्म (वाजम् इति विशेषणम्) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootपिशङ्ग-रूप (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘tawny/variegated in form’)
मघवन्O Maghavan (bountiful one, Indra)
मघवन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; Indra-epithet ‘bountiful’)
विचर्षणेO Vicārṣaṇi (far-seeing one)
विचर्षणे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootवि-चर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘widely-seeing/active among men’, Indra-epithet)
मक्षुquickly; at once
मक्षु:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमक्षु (अव्यय)
गोमन्तम्rich in cows
गोमन्तम्:
कर्म (वाजम् इति विशेषणम्) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootगोमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing cows’)
ईमहेwe seek; we strive for
ईमहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु; ‘to strive/seek, to go for’ → Vedic 1pl middle ‘we seek’)
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