Rig Veda 8.13.7 — Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.13
Devata: Indra (implicit across RV 8.13; the growing in mada and response to havam aligns with Indra’s soma-ecstasy)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रत्नवज्जनया गिरः शृणुधी जरितुर्हवम् । मदेमदे ववक्षिथा सुकृत्वने ॥
Transliteration
pratnávaj janayā gíraḥ śṛṇudhī jaritúr hávam | máde-made vavakṣithā su-kṛ́tvane ||
Translation
أعِدْ إنجابَ الأقوالِ الموحاةِ القديمة؛ واصغِ إلى نداءِ المُنشِد. في كلِّ موجةٍ من النشوةِ تزدادُ بأسًا، لأجلِ صانعِ العملِ الصالحِ والحقّ.
Word by Word
प्रत्नवत्as of old, in the ancient way
प्रत्नवत्:
Adhikaraṇa (रीत्यर्थे/प्रकारे—‘पूर्ववत्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रत्नवत् (प्रत्न + -वत्)
जनयgenerate, produce
जनय:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) → जनय (णिच्-प्रयोगः)
गिरःsongs, hymns
गिरः:
Kartā (जनय—‘स्तोत्राणि’ कर्तृभावेन)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्री) ‘वाक्/स्तोत्रम्’
शृणुधीhear, listen
शृणुधी:
Kriyā (सम्बोधन-प्रयुक्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
जरितुःof the singer/praiser
जरितुः:
Sambandha (हवम्—‘स्तोतुः’)
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (पुं) ‘स्तोतृ’
हवम्call, invocation
हवम्:
Karma (शृणुधी—श्रवणस्य विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootहव (पुं/नपुं) ‘आह्वानम्/आहूतिः’
मदेin the exhilaration (of soma)
मदे:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/अवस्थायाम्—‘मदे’)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (पुं) ‘मदः/उत्साहः/सोममदः’
मदेin each exhilaration
मदे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमद (पुं)
ववक्षिथाyou have carried/brought (you have borne)
ववक्षिथा:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवह्/वक्ष् (धातु; वेदिक-पर्यायः ‘वह्’ = वहति ‘to carry/bring’)
सुकृत्वनेto the good-doer (benefactor)
सुकृत्वने:
Sampradāna (दातृ/लाभार्थे—‘सुकृत्वने’)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootसु-कृत्वन् (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘सु’ + कृत्वन् ‘doing/act’)
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