Rig Veda 8.14.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 14, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.14

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input

Devata: Indra (Śacīpati, Manīṣin)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like (needs scansion)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शिक्षेयमस्मै दित्सेयं शचीपते मनीषिणे । यदहं गोपतिः स्याम् ॥

Transliteration

śíkṣeyam asmai dítsēyaṃ śácī-pate manīṣíṇe | yád aháṃ gó-patiḥ syām ||

Translation

Nguyện cho ta học vì người ấy, và nguyện cho ta ban tặng cho người ấy—hỡi Chúa của Śacī (Śacīpati), cho bậc trí tuệ—để ta trở thành chủ của những “bò” ánh sáng (tia rạng), bậc làm chủ các của cải rực minh.

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Word by Word

• शिक्षेयम्: may I learn / may I practice
• शिक्षेयम्: Kartā (implicit ‘I’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शिक्ष् (शिक्षा/शिक्ष् ‘to learn, practice, train’)

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• दित्सेयम्: may I wish to give / may I be ready to give
• दित्सेयम्: Kartā (implicit ‘I’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (ददाति) with desiderative stem दित्स- (‘wish to give’)

• शचीपते: O Śacīpati (Indra)
• शचीपते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: शची-पति (prātipadika; epithet of Indra: ‘lord of śacī/ शक्ति/ might’)

• मनीषिणे: to the wise one
• मनीषिणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मनीषिन् (prātipadika ‘wise, thoughtful’)

• यत्: when / that
• यत्: (connective/relative; no independent kāraka)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (1st person pronoun)

• गोपतिः: (as) lord of cattle
• गोपतिः: Kartā / Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-पति (prātipadika ‘lord of cows/keeper of cattle’)

• स्याम्: may I be
• स्याम्: (copula; links subject ‘अहम्’ with predicate ‘गोपतिः’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू/अस् ‘to be’) — optative stem स्या-