Rig Veda 8.46.29: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 29

Sukta 8.46

Rishi: Not determinable from provided excerpt alone (RV 8.46 is within the Vālakhilya/appendix-type cluster in some recensions; attribution varies by tradition).

Devata: Likely a praise of a beneficent power associated with impetus and gifts; precise devatā uncertain from this single mantra without hymn header (possible Indra-associated dāna context in 8.46).

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from single verse without full metrical scan; likely a common RV meter (Triṣṭubh/Jagatī) in this section.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अध प्रियमिषिराय षष्टिं सहस्रासनम् । अश्वानामिन्न वृष्णाम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.46.29

Transliteration

adha priyám iṣirā́ya ṣaṣṭíṃ sahásrā́sanam | aśvā́nām ín na vṛ́ṣṇām ||

Translation

ثمّ إلى المُحرِّك المحبوب، إِشِرَا (Iṣirā)، يأتي مقعدٌ فسيحٌ من الوفرة—ستّون ألفاً—كقوّة الفحول من الخيل حين تفيض: أساسٌ لمسير الروح إلى الأمام.

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Word by Word

• अध: then; now; thereafter
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (avyaya)

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing (thing)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (prātipadika)

• इषिराय: to Iṣira (the recipient)
• इषिराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: इषिर (prātipadika; personal name/epithet)

• षष्टिम्: sixty
• षष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral (noun-like)
• Root: षष्टि (prātipadika)

• सहस्रासनम्: a thousand seats; thousandfold seat/seatings
• सहस्रासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रासन (prātipadika; tatpuruṣa: सहस्र + आसन)

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (prātipadika)

• इत्: indeed; just; even
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (avyaya particle)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (avyaya)

• वृष्णाम्: of the bulls; of the strong ones
• वृष्णाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन् (prātipadika)