Rig Veda 1.86.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 86, Mantra 8
Sukta 1.86
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional)
Devata: Marutaḥ (addressed as naraḥ, satyaśavasaḥ)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शशमानस्य वा नरः स्वेदस्य सत्यशवसः । विदा कामस्य वेनतः ॥
Transliteration
śaśamānáasya vā naraḥ svédasya satyaśavasaḥ | vidā́ kā́masya vénataḥ ||
Translation
اے سچی طاقت والے بہادرو! خواہ وہ محنت کش ہو جو اپنی گرمی میں کام کرتا ہے، یا خوشی کا طالب ہو، وہ تمہارے علم سے اپنی مراد پوری کرے۔
Word by Word
शशमानस्यof the striving/active (one)
शशमानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootशशमान (√शम्/√शम ‘to toil, exert; be active’, kṛdanta: शशमान-)
वाor/indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
नरःmen, heroes
नरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनर
स्वेदस्यof sweat; of exertion
स्वेदस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वेद
सत्यशवसः(you) of true strength
सत्यशवसः:
कर्तृ (as qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसत्य-शवस् (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि: ‘true/real strength’)
विदाknow/find!
विदा:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√विद् ‘to know, find’
कामस्यof desire, of wish
कामस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
वेनतःof the seeker/desirer
वेनतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवेनत्/वेन (from √वन्/√वे ‘to desire, seek, love’; ‘seeker/lover’)
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