Rig Veda 8.17.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 17, Mantra 13
Sukta 8.17
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (Mandala 8; specific rishi not provided in input)
Devata: Indra (with associated lineage/epithet reference)
Chandas: Unknown (not inferable securely from provided excerpt alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्ते शृङ्गवृषो नपात्प्रणपात्कुण्डपाय्यः । न्यस्मिन्दध्र आ मनः ॥
Transliteration
yas te śṛṅga-vṛṣo napāt pra-napāt kuṇḍa-pāyyaḥ | ny asmin dadhra ā manaḥ ||
Translation
ذاك الذي هو نَسْلُكَ—الثورُ ذو القَرْن—الذُّرِّيّةُ الدافعةُ إلى الأمام، كُونْدَپايْيَا؛ قد ثبّتَ ذهنَه هنا، في هذا. فَلْتَسْكُنْ فينا تلك النيّةُ المركَّزةُ ولْتُثَبِّتِ القوّة.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्धवाचकः—यः … सः) / विशेष्यः (अग्निः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of you/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शृङ्गवृषःthe horned bull (epithet)
शृङ्गवृषः:
Kartā / विशेषणम् (अग्नेः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootशृङ्ग-वृष (समास-प्रातिपदिक; वृष ‘bull’ + शृङ्ग ‘horn’)
नपात्offspring; son
नपात्:
Kartā / विशेष्यः (अग्निः—‘offspring/son’)
TypeNoun
Rootनपात् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रणपात्foremost offspring; eminent descendant
प्रणपात्:
Kartā / विशेषणम् (अग्नेः)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootप्र-नपात् (उपसर्ग-समासित प्रातिपदिक)
कुण्डपाय्यःthe bowl/cavity-drinker (epithet; drinker from a vessel)
कुण्डपाय्यः:
Kartā / विशेषणम् (अग्नेः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootकुण्ड-पाय्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक; पाय्य < √पा ‘to drink’ (कृदन्त-आधार), ‘drinker’)
निdown; into
नि:
क्रियाविशेषणम् (दध्र॒—‘down/into’)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in this’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दध्र॒he placed; he set; he held (down)
दध्र॒:
क्रिया (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारणे) — Vedic injunctive/aorist-type form
आtowards; into
आ:
क्रियाविशेषणम् (मनः—‘towards/into’)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मनःmind; thought
मनः:
Karma (object of दध्र॒)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.