Rig Veda 8.41.5 — Mandala 8, Sukta 41, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.41
Devata: Varuṇa (seer-king, knower of secret names)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो धर्ता भुवनानां य उस्राणामपीच्या वेद नामानि गुह्या । स कविः काव्या पुरु रूपं द्यौरिव पुष्यति नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
Transliteration
yo dhartā bhuvanānāṃ ya usrāṇām apīcyā veda nāmāni guhyā | sa kaviḥ kāvyā puru rūpaṃ dyaur iva puṣyati nabhantām anyake same ||
Translation
He is the holder of the worlds; he knows the secret names of the hidden dawn-lights. He, the seer-poet, by his poetic power fosters many forms like Heaven itself—may the lights shine in another sameness.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धर्ताthe supporter, sustainer
धर्ता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (agent) / Epithet
Rootधृ (धारणे) → धर्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनानाम्of the worlds / beings
भुवनानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of’
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक; √भू)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उस्राणाम्of the dawn-lights / ruddy (cows, rays)
उस्राणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootउस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिच्यthe hidden (thing)
अपिच्य:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअपिच्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hidden/secret’, Vedic)
वेदknows
वेद:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (ज्ञाने)
नामानिnames
नामानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
गुह्याsecret, hidden
गुह्या:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक; √गुह् ‘to hide’)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कविःseer, poet
कविः:
कर्तृ (सम्बोधन/विशेषणार्थेऽपि)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
काव्याpoetic works / inspired utterances
काव्या:
कर्म (पुष्यति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (collective/abstract) / Adjective
Rootकाव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुmuch, many
पुरु:
विशेषण (रूपम् इति)
TypeIndeclinable (used adjectivally)
Rootपुरु (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
रूपम्form, appearance
रूपम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यौःheaven, sky
द्यौः:
उपमान-कर्तृ (इव-उपमेयस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
उपमा-सूचक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पुष्यतिnourishes, makes thrive
पुष्यति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपुष् (पोषणे/वर्धने)
नभन्ताम्let them shine / let them burst forth
नभन्ताम्:
क्रिया (आशीः/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootनभ् (दीप्तौ/नभने; वैदिक) अथवा नभ् (to shine/flash)
अन्यकेin another (place/condition)
अन्यके:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअन्यक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘other/another’, वैदिक)
समेin sameness / in the level (state)
समे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun/Adjective (locative)
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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