Rig Veda 8.97.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 97, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.97
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
य इन्द्र सस्त्यव्रतोऽनुष्वापमदेवयुः । स्वैः ष एवैर्मुमुरत्पोष्यं रयिं सनुतर्धेहि तं ततः ॥
Transliteration
yá índra sásty avrátó ’nu-svā́pam ádevayuḥ | sváīḥ sá eváīr mumurat póṣyaṃ rayím sanutár dhehi táṃ tátas ||
Translation
因陀罗啊，凡那怠惰失守正行之律、沉入睡昧、不求诸神者——他将随其自身的行径而堕落离散。惟愿你把那滋养的丰饶之财（rayi，瑞伊）安置于以真实精进而赢得它的人那里；将它置于彼处，远离那另一人。
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (address)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सस्त्यव्रतःhaving a firm/true vow (steadfast in observance)
सस्त्यव्रतः:
Kartā (यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसस्त्य-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
अनुष्वापम्in following-sleep / in a drowsy way (as if asleep)
अनुष्वापम्:
Adhikaraṇa/Prakāra (manner)
TypeAdverbial (accusative of manner) / Indeclinable-like usage
Rootअनु-स्वप् (धातु: स्वप् ‘to sleep’; उपसर्गः अनु-)
अदेवयुःnot seeking the gods; godless/irreverent
अदेवयुः:
Kartā (यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-देव-यु (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समासः)
स्वैःwith his own (means/men)
स्वैः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवैःwith these very (same ones)
एवैः:
Karaṇa
TypeParticle-like demonstrative (Vedic) / Pronoun-adjective
Rootएव (निपात) / एवै (प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण ‘these very’)
मुमुरत्perished / died
मुमुरत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootमृ (धातु ‘to die’), desiderative/iterative? here: perfect-like reduplicated stem मु-मुर्
पोष्यम्nourishing / to be fostered
पोष्यम्:
Karma (object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपोष्य (कृदन्त; √पुष् ‘to thrive, nourish’ → पोष्य ‘to be nourished/that which nourishes’)
रयिम्wealth, riches
रयिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
सनुतर्more and more; ever further
सनुतर्:
Adhikaraṇa/Prakāra (degree/manner)
TypeIndeclinable (adverb)
Rootसनुतर् (अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण; comparative of सनु ‘old, former’ in Vedic sense ‘more and more/ever’)
धेहिplace/bestow (give)
धेहि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb (imperative)
Rootधा (धातु ‘to put, place, bestow’)
तम्that (him/it)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ततःfrom there; thence
ततः:
Apādāna (source) / Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रभव अव्यय)
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