Rig Veda 8.65.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 65, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.65
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यच्चिद्धि शश्वतामसीन्द्र साधारणस्त्वम् । तं त्वा वयं हवामहे ॥
Transliteration
yác cíd dhí śáśvatām ásīndra sā́dhāraṇas tvám | táṃ tvā vayáṃ havāmahe ||
Translation
For even among the everlasting powers you are the common and accessible one, O Indra; therefore we call you—come as the shared strength that supports all and awakens the light in us.
Word by Word
यत्that which / whatever
यत्:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (यद्-सम्बन्धः; ‘यत् … असि’ इत्यत्र विषय-निर्देशः)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) प्रत्यय-रूपम्
चित्even / indeed
चित्:
निपात (बलार्थ/अपि-अर्थः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
हिfor / indeed
हि:
निपात (हेतौ/निश्चयार्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
शश्वताम्of the everlasting / of the perpetual
शश्वताम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी): ‘शश्वताम्’ = of the ever-lasting/ever-present (ones/things)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशश्वत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) ‘सदा, नित्य’
असिyou are
असि:
क्रिया (सम्बन्ध-क्रिया): ‘(त्वम्) असि’ = you are
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) ‘to be’
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
साधारणःcommon to all / shared
साधारणः:
विशेषण/प्रेडिकेट-नॉमिनेटिव (त्वम् … साधारणः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसाधारण (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) < साधु + अरण/अरण (व्युत्पत्तिः: ‘common, shared’)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ (असि-क्रियायाः कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्that (one) / him
तम्:
कर्म (हवामहे-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म (हवामहे-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ (हवामहे-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke / we call upon
हवामहे:
क्रिया (आह्वान/याचनार्थक)
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे (धातु) ‘to call, invoke’
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