Rig Veda 8.33.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 33, Mantra 16

Sukta 8.33

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (hymn attribution)

Devata: Indra (contextual continuation within RV 8.33)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable for this cluster)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नहि षस्तव नो मम शास्त्रे अन्यस्य रण्यति । यो अस्मान्वीर आनयत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.33.16

Transliteration

nahí ṣás tava nó máma śā́stre anyásya ráṇyati | yó asmā́n vīrá ā́ anayat ||

Translation

For indeed no other teaching delights—neither yours nor ours—except that heroic leading which brought us forward. It is the inner warrior-guidance alone that gives joy and direction.

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Word by Word

• नहि: indeed not / surely not
• नहि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नहि (न + हि) अव्यय

• षः: he
• षः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सः) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• तव: of you / your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / Adhikaraṇa (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• नः: of us / to us
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / Sampradāna (if taken as ‘to us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• शास्त्रे: in (the) ordinance/command / in the rule
• शास्त्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (√शास् ‘to instruct, rule’ + -त्र) प्रातिपदिक

• अन्यस्य: of another
• अन्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: अन्य प्रातिपदिक

• रण्यति: rejoices / delights / exults
• रण्यति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रण्/√रन् (रण्यति) धातु

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (यः) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• वीरः: the hero / valiant one
• वीरः: Kartā (apposition to यः) / विशेषण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर प्रातिपदिक

• आनयत्: brought / led (hither)
• आनयत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√नी (नयति) धातु