Rig Veda 10.154.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 154, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.154
Devata: The valorous and the generous among the blessed (within Yama/Pitṛ horizon)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये युध्यन्ते प्रधनेषु शूरासो ये तनूत्यजः । ये वा सहस्रदक्षिणास्ताँश्चिदेवापि गच्छतात् ॥
Transliteration
yé yúdhyante pradháneṣu śū́rāso yé tanūtyájaḥ | yé vā sahásradakṣiṇās tā́ṃś cid evā́pi gacchatāt ||
Translation
Let him go indeed to those heroes who fight in the battles, who have offered up the body for the Truth, or who have given the thousandfold gift: to them let him attain.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-कर्तृ; युध्यन्ते इत्यस्य कर्तारः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
युध्यन्तेthey fight
युध्यन्ते:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (धातु)
प्रधनेषुin battles
प्रधनेषु:
अधिकरण (स्थान/विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रधन (प्रातिपदिक)
शूरासःheroes, valiant men
शूरासः:
कर्तृ (ये इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ (त्यजः इत्यस्य कर्तारः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तनूतीtheir body/person
तनूती:
कर्म (त्यजः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootतनूति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तनू’ + -ति, ‘body/one’s person’)
त्यजःyou have abandoned/left
त्यजः:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ (गच्छतात् इत्यस्य कर्तव्य-सम्बन्धः; तान् इत्यस्य पूर्वनिर्देशः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
सहस्रदक्षिणाःhaving a thousand dakṣiṇā-gifts (munificent donors)
सहस्रदक्षिणाः:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (ये इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसहस्र-दक्षिण (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
तान्them
तान्:
कर्म (गच्छतात् इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
एवindeed
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
अपिalso
अपि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (निपात)
गच्छतात्let him/it go (may he lead them)
गच्छतात्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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