Rig Veda 8.100.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 100, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.100

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (ascription uncertain at verse-level in the provided input)

Devata: Indra-Viṣṇu / Ṛta-leading powers (contextually within RV 8.100; this verse foregrounds ṛta and the venāḥ rather than a single named devatā)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; common for RV 8.100; requires metrical verification by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यन्मा वेना अरुहन्नृतस्यँ एकमासीनं हर्यतस्य पृष्ठे । मनश्चिन्मे हृद आ प्रत्यवोचदचिक्रदञ्छिशुमन्तः सखायः ॥

Transliteration

ā yan mā venā́ arúhann ṛtásyaṃ ékam āsī́naṃ haryatásya pṛṣṭhé | mánaś cin me hṛdá ā práty avocad ácikradan śiśú-mantaḥ sakhā́yaḥ ||

Translation

لمّا رفعني طالِبو الرؤيا نحو الحقّ—وأنا الجالس في الواحد، على ظهر المتلألئ—أجاب حتى ذهني في القلب مُقِرًّا؛ وصرخ الرفاق معًا، وقد امتلأوا بولادةٍ جديدةٍ طفوليّةٍ من البهجة.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• यत्: when/that
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• मा: me
• मा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (enclitic)

• वेनाः: the Venās (inspired seers/poetic spirits; a class of inspired beings)
• वेनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेन (प्रातिपदिक) / वेन-

• अरुहन्: (they) mounted/ascended
• अरुहन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकम्: one, single
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसीनम्: sitting
• आसीनम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: आस् (धातु) → आसीन (कृदन्त)

• हर्यतस्य: of the golden/greenish (one); of the desirable one
• हर्यतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्यत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृष्ठे: on the back, upon the ridge
• पृष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: indeed, even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (particle)

• मे: my
• मे: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (enclitic)

• हृदः: from (the) heart
• हृदः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: forth, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• प्रति: back, in return, towards
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (upasarga/avyaya)

• अवोचत्: spoke, uttered
• अवोचत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्

• अचिक्रदत्: cried out, screamed
• अचिक्रदत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रन्द्

• शिशुमन्तः: having a child/young one; childlike; with a babe
• शिशुमन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिशुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सखायः: companions, friends
• सखायः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)