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म॒हान्ता॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा स॒म्राजा॑ दे॒वावसु॑रा
ऋ॒तावा॑नावृ॒तमा घो॑षतो बृ॒हत्
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mahā́ntā mitrā́váruṇā
samrā́jā devā́v ásurā
r̥tā́vānāv r̥tám ā́ ghoṣato br̥hát
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mahāntāfrom mitrā́váruṇa-
from samrā́j-
from devá-
from ásura-
from ŕ̥tāvan-
from r̥tá-
from ā́
from √ghuṣ-
from br̥hánt-
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Great Varuṇa and Mitra, Gods, Asuras and imperial Lords, True to Eternal Law proclaim the high decree.
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| 8.25.4 | mahā́ntā | mahā́nt- | nominal stemDUMNOM |
| 8.25.4 | mitrā́váruṇā | mitrā́váruṇa- mitrāvaruṇa : mitrā́-váruṇa m. du. Mitra and Varuṇa, [RV.] &c. &c. (together they uphold and rule the earth and sky, together they guard the world, together they promote religious rites, avenge sin, and are the lords of truth and light, cf. under 1. mitrá above ; °ṇayor ayanam and °ṇayor iṣṭiḥ N. of partic. sacrifices; °ṇayoḥ saṃyojanam N. of a Sāman), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] &c. (sg., w.r. for maitrāvaruṇa, [Hariv.]) 🔎 mitrā́váruṇa- | nominal stemDUMNOM |
| 8.25.4 | samrā́jā | samrā́j- samrāj : sam-rā́j m. (fr. saṃ-√ rāj, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 25]; nom. samrā́ṭ) a universal or supreme ruler (a N. of Varuṇa, the Ādityas, Indra, Manu &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [VP.] samrāj : a sovereign lord, paramount sovereign (of men) samrāj : one who rules over other princes and has performed the Rājasūya sacrifice, [RV.] &c. &c. samrāj : N. of a son or grandson of Kāmyā, [Hariv.] samrāj : of a son of Citra-ratha, [BhP.] samrāj : of various authors, [Cat.] samrāj : a kind of metre, [RPrāt.] samrāj : a partic. Ekāha, [Vait.] samrāj : sam-rāj (), f. N. of a daughter of Priya-vrata, [VP.] 🔎 samrā́j- | nominal stemDUMNOM |
| 8.25.4 | devaú | devá- deva : devá mf(I)n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (superl. m. devá-tama, [RV. iv, 22, 3] &c.; f. devi-tamā, [ii, 41, 16]) deva : devá m. (according to [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 120] déva) a deity, god, [RV.] &c. &c. deva : (rarely applied to) evil demons, [AV. iii, 15, 5]; [TS. iii, 5, 4, 1] deva : (pl. the gods as the heavenly or shining ones; víśve devā́s, all the gods, [RV. ii, 3, 4] &c., or a partic. class of deities [see under víśva], often reckoned as 33, either 11 for each of the 3 worlds, [RV. i, 139, 11] &c. [cf. tri-daśa], or 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, and 12 Ādityas [to which the 2 Aśvins must be added] [Br.]; cf. also, [Divyāv. 68]; with Jainas 4 classes, viz. bhavanādhīśa, vyantara, jyotiṣka, and vaimānika; devā́nām pátnyas, the wives of the gods, [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] [cf. deva-patnī below]) deva : N. of the number 33 (see above), [Gaṇit.] deva : N. of Indra as the god of the sky and giver of rain, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. deva : a cloud, [L.] deva : (with Jainas) the 22nd Arhat of the future Ut-sarpiṇī deva : the image of a god, an idol, [Viṣṇ.] deva : a god on earth or among men, either Brāhman, priest, [RV.]; [AV.] (cf. bhū-d°), or king, prince (as a title of honour, esp. in the voc. ‘your majesty’ or ‘your honour’; also ifc., e.g. śrī-harṣa-d°, vikramāṅka-d°, king Śrī-h° or Vikr°, and in names as puruṣottama-d° [lit. having Viṣṇu as one's deity; cf. atithi-d°, ācārya-d°, pitṛ-d°, mātṛ-d°]; rarely preceding the name, e.g. deva-caṇḍamahāsena, [Kathās. xiii, 48]), [Kāv.]; [Pañc.] &c. (cf. kṣiti-, nara-, &c.) deva : a husband's brother (cf. devṛ and devara), [W.] deva : a fool, dolt, [L.] deva : a child, [L.] deva : a man following any partic. line or business, [L.] deva : a spearman, lancer, [L.] deva : emulation, wish to excel or overcome, [L.] deva : sport, play, [L.] deva : a sword, [Gal.] deva : N. of men, [VP.] deva : of a disciple of Nāgārjuna, [MWB. 192] deva : dimin. for devadatta, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 83], Vārtt. 4, Sch. deva : devá n. ([L.]) an organ of sense, [MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 8]; [2, 7] deva : [cf. Lat. dīvus, deus; Lit. dë́vas; Old Pruss. deiwas.] 🔎 devá- | nominal stemDUMNOM |
| 8.25.4 | ásurā | ásura- asura : ásura mfn. (√ 2. as, [Uṇ.]), spiritual, incorporeal, divine, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] asura : ásura m. a spirit, good spirit, supreme spirit (said of Varuṇa), [RV.]; [VS.] asura : the chief of the evil spirits, [RV. ii, 30, 4] and [vii, 99, 5] asura : an evil spirit, demon, ghost, opponent of the gods, [RV. viii, 96, 9] asura : [x]; [AV.] &c. [these Asuras are often regarded as the children of Diti by Kaśyapa See daitya; as such they are demons of the first order in perpetual hostility with the gods, and must not be confounded with the Rākṣasas or imps who animate dead bodies and disturb sacrifices] asura : a N. of Rāhu, [VarBṛS.] &c. asura : the sun, [L.] asura : a cloud, [Naigh.] (cf. [RV. v, 83, 6]) asura : ásura m. pl. N. of a warrior-tribe, (g. parśv-ādi, q.v.) asura : ásura m. of a Vedic school asura : ásura [In later Sanskṛt sura has been formed from , as sita from asita, q.v.] asura : ásura See ásu. 🔎 ásura- | nominal stemDUMNOM |
| 8.25.4 | r̥tā́vānau | ŕ̥tāvan- ṛtāvan : ṛtā́-van mf(arI)n. keeping within the fixed order or rule, regular, proper (as inanimate objects) ṛtāvan : performing (as men) or accepting (as gods) sacred works or piety, truthful, faithful, just, holy, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.] 🔎 ŕ̥tāvan- | nominal stemDUMNOM |
| 8.25.4 | r̥tám ṛtam : ṛtám (ám), ind. right, duly, properly, expressly, very, [RV.]; [BhP.] ṛtam : (ṛtam √ i, to go the right way, be pious or virtuous, [RV.]) 🔎 r̥tám | r̥tá- ṛta : ṛtá mf(A)n. met with, afflicted by (with instr.), [TS. v] ṛta : proper, right, fit, apt, suitable, able, brave, honest, [RV.]; [VS. xvii, 82] ṛta : true, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Mn. viii, 82]; [87]; [Bhag.] &c. ṛta : worshipped, respected, [L.] ṛta : enlightened, luminous, [L.] ṛta : ṛtá (as), m. N. of a Rudra, [MBh.] ṛta : of a son of Manu Cākṣuṣa, [BhP. iv, 13, 16] ṛta : of a son of Vijaya, [VP.] ṛta : ṛtá (am), n. fixed or settled order, law, rule (esp. in religion) ṛta : sacred or pious action or custom, divine law, faith, divine truth (these meanings are given by, [BRD.] and are generally more to be accepted than those of native authorities and marked, [L.] below), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. ṛta : truth in general, righteousness, right, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [Mn. viii, 61]; [104]; [Pañcat.] &c. ṛta : figuratively said of gleaning (as the right means of a Brāhman's obtaining a livelihood as opposed to agriculture, which is anṛta), [Mn. iv, 4 ff.] ṛta : promise, oath, vow, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Lāṭy.] ṛta : truth personified (as an object of worship, and hence enumerated among the sacred objects in the [Nir.]) ṛta : water, [L.] ṛta : sacrifice, [L.] ṛta : a particular sacrifice, [L.] ṛta : the sun, [L.] ṛta : wealth, [L.] ṛta : ṛti, ṛtu See p. 223, col. 2 — p. 224, col. 1. 🔎 r̥tá- | nominal stemSGNACC |
| 8.25.4 | ā́ ā : the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far. ā : ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14]; [Pat.] ā : also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent, [L.] [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14.]] ā : m. N. of Śiva, [L.] ā : grandfather, [L.] ā : f. N. of Lakṣmī, [L.] ā : ā́ (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (see ā-√ kram &c.; in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11] and [v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like gam, yā, and i, ‘to go’, and 1. dā, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. ā-gacchati, ‘he comes’; ā-datte, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to, [RV.] ā : (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for, [RV.] ā : (with a following acc.) up to … exclusively, [AitBr.] ā : (with a preceding abl.) from, [RV.]; [AV.] ā : out of, from among (e.g. bahúbhya ā́, ‘from among many’), [RV.] ā : towards (only in asmád ā́, ‘towards us’), [RV.] ā : (with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 13] & [3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. ā : from, [RV. i, 30, 21] ā : (with a preceding loc.) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. trír ā́ divás, ‘quite or fully three times a day’; mahimā́ vām índrāgnī pániṣṭha ā́,, ‘your greatness, O Indra and Agni, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.] ā : (after a subst. or adj.) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.] ā : (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1] and [x, 75, 5]]; see also ātaś ca s.v.) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv.) e.g. ā-maraṇam or ā-maraṇāt, ‘till death’, [Pañcat.] (cf. ā-maraṇānta &c.) ā : ā-gopālā dvijātayaḥ, ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’, [MBh. ii, 531] ā : ā-samudram or ā-samudrāt, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it) ā : ā-kumāram, ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403] ā : ā-kumāram yaśaḥ pāṇineḥ, ‘the fame of Pāṇini extends even to children’ ā : ā́ ājānu-bāhu mfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’, [R. i, 1, 12] ā : ā́ (see also ākarṇa- and ājanma-) ā : ā́ (cf. ā-jarasám, ā-vyuṣám, ā-saptama, otsūryám.) Prefixed to adj. [rarely to subst.; cf. ā-kopa] it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 18] Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. ā-piñjara mfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51] ā : ā́ (see also ā-pakva, oṣṇa, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to in this application the meaning samantāt, ‘all through, completely’, as ā-nīla, ‘blue all round’. 🔎 ā́ | ā́ ā : the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far. ā : ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14]; [Pat.] ā : also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent, [L.] [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14.]] ā : m. N. of Śiva, [L.] ā : grandfather, [L.] ā : f. N. of Lakṣmī, [L.] ā : ā́ (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (see ā-√ kram &c.; in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11] and [v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like gam, yā, and i, ‘to go’, and 1. dā, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. ā-gacchati, ‘he comes’; ā-datte, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to, [RV.] ā : (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for, [RV.] ā : (with a following acc.) up to … exclusively, [AitBr.] ā : (with a preceding abl.) from, [RV.]; [AV.] ā : out of, from among (e.g. bahúbhya ā́, ‘from among many’), [RV.] ā : towards (only in asmád ā́, ‘towards us’), [RV.] ā : (with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 13] & [3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. ā : from, [RV. i, 30, 21] ā : (with a preceding loc.) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. trír ā́ divás, ‘quite or fully three times a day’; mahimā́ vām índrāgnī pániṣṭha ā́,, ‘your greatness, O Indra and Agni, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.] ā : (after a subst. or adj.) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.] ā : (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1] and [x, 75, 5]]; see also ātaś ca s.v.) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv.) e.g. ā-maraṇam or ā-maraṇāt, ‘till death’, [Pañcat.] (cf. ā-maraṇānta &c.) ā : ā-gopālā dvijātayaḥ, ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’, [MBh. ii, 531] ā : ā-samudram or ā-samudrāt, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it) ā : ā-kumāram, ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403] ā : ā-kumāram yaśaḥ pāṇineḥ, ‘the fame of Pāṇini extends even to children’ ā : ā́ ājānu-bāhu mfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’, [R. i, 1, 12] ā : ā́ (see also ākarṇa- and ājanma-) ā : ā́ (cf. ā-jarasám, ā-vyuṣám, ā-saptama, otsūryám.) Prefixed to adj. [rarely to subst.; cf. ā-kopa] it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 18] Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. ā-piñjara mfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51] ā : ā́ (see also ā-pakva, oṣṇa, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to in this application the meaning samantāt, ‘all through, completely’, as ā-nīla, ‘blue all round’. 🔎 ā́ | invariablelocal particle:LP |
| 8.25.4 | ghoṣataḥ | √ghuṣ- ghuṣ : cl. 1. P. ghoṣati (rarely Ā. °te, [R. v, 56, 139]; Subj. ghóṣāt; pf. jughoṣa, [JaimBr.]; 3. pl. jughuṣur, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 23], [Kāś.]; aor. Ā. ghóṣi) Ā. to sound, [RV. iv, 4, 8]; P. to cry or proclaim aloud, call out, announce publicly, declare, [i, 139, 8]; [MBh. xiii], [xiv]; [R.] &c.: Caus. ghoṣayati (subj. 2. sg. °ṣáyas), to call to, invite, [RV. ix, 108, 3]; to cause to proclaim aloud, [MBh. i], [iii]; to proclaim aloud, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. ghuṣ : cl. 1. P. ghoṣati, to kill, [L.] 🔎 √ghuṣ- | rootDUPRSACT3IND |
| 8.25.4 | br̥hát bṛhat : bṛhát mf(atI/)n. (in later language usually written vṛhat) lofty, high, tall, great, large, wide, vast, abundant, compact, solid, massy, strong, mighty, [RV.] &c. &c. bṛhat : full-grown, old, [RV.] bṛhat : extended or bright (as a luminous body), [ib.] bṛhat : clear, loud (said of sounds), [ib.] bṛhat : bṛhát m. N. of a Marut, [Hariv.] bṛhat : of a prince, [MBh.] bṛhat : of a son of Su-hotra and father of Aja-mīḍha, [Hariv.] bṛhat : bṛhát m. or n. (?) speech (°tām pati = bṛhaspati), [Śiś. ii, 26] bṛhat : bṛhát n. height (also = heaven, sky), [RV.] bṛhat : N. of various Sāmans composed in the metrical form Bṛhatī (also with āneyam, bharad-vājasya. bhāradvājam, vāmadevyam, sauram), [ĀrṣBr.] bṛhat : N. of Brahman, [BhP.] bṛhat : of the Veda, [ib.] bṛhat : bṛhát ind. far and wide, on high, [RV.] bṛhat : bṛhát n. firmly, compactly, [ib.] bṛhat : brightly, [ib.] bṛhat : greatly, much, [ib.] bṛhat : aloud, [ib.] (also atā́, [AV.]) 🔎 br̥hát | br̥hánt- | nominal stemSGNACC |