Rig Veda 8.6.41: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 41
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify with metrical index)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऋषिर्हि पूर्वजा अस्येक ईशान ओजसा । इन्द्र चोष्कूयसे वसु ॥
Transliteration
ṛ́ṣir hí pūrvajā́ asy éka ī́śāna ójasā | índra coṣkūyáse vásu ||
Translation
因为你确是圣见者，先于万有而生；以你的威力，唯你为主宰。因陀罗啊，你使诸瓦苏（Vasus）——实体与正丰之力——运转并趋近，为建立更丰厚的存在。
Word by Word
ऋषिःseer
ऋषिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि- (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed/for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
पूर्वजाःthe earlier-born/ancestors
पूर्वजाः:
Kartā (सम्बद्धः/सहकर्ता) अथवा विशेषणम्
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपूर्वजा- (पूर्व + जा, प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/of this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एकःalone/one
एकः:
Kartā (ऋषिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक- (प्रातिपदिक)
ईशानःruling, lordly
ईशानः:
Kartā (ऋषिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootईशान- (ईश् धातोः क्त/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्तः, प्रातिपदिकभावः)
ओजसाby/with might
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
उष्कूयसेthou art eager/strivest (to bestow)
उष्कूयसे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootउष्कूय्/उष्कू (धातु; वैदिक-रूप, आत्मनेपद)
वसुwealth/good
वसु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसु- (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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