Rig Veda 8.31.4 — Mandala 8, Sukta 31, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.31
Devata: Iḷā (and allied powers of nourishment/plenty); household prosperity as divine action
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अस्य प्रजावती गृहेऽसश्चन्ती दिवेदिवे । इळा धेनुमती दुहे ॥
Transliteration
ásya prajā́-vatī gṛhé’śaścantī divé-dive | iḷā́ dhenu-mátī duhe ||
Translation
তেঁওৰ গৃহত প্ৰজাসমৃদ্ধ পোষক শক্তি দিনেদিনে অবিৰাম চলি থাকে; ইळা—সমৃদ্ধিৰ দুগ্ধধেনু—পোষণৰ ধাৰা দুহে।
Word by Word
अस्यof this (one); his/its
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य (षष्ठी एकवचन)
प्रजावतीrich in offspring; having progeny
प्रजावती:
विशेषण (qualifier) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रजा (स्त्री) + वत् (तद्धित -वत्) → प्रजावत्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग रूप प्रजावती
गृहेin (the) house
गृहे:
अधिकरण (locus): in the house
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
अश्चन्तीmoving about; attending; coming (regularly)
अश्चन्ती:
कर्तृ (agent): (she) moving/attending
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootअश् (धातु; ‘to pervade/attend, move about’; Vedic) → शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त: अश्चन्त्
दिवे-दिवेday by day; every day
दिवे-दिवे:
अधिकरण (temporal): day by day
TypeNoun (reduplicated adverbial phrase)
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक ‘day/sky’; here ‘day’) → दिव (दिवे)
इळाIḷā (goddess of nourishment/oblation)
इळा:
कर्तृ (agent): Iḷā
TypeNoun (proper/common)
Rootइळा (स्त्री प्रातिपदिक; देवी/अन्न-समृद्धि/पोषण-देवी)
धेनुमतीpossessing a milch-cow; rich in cows
धेनुमती:
विशेषण (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootधेनु (स्त्री) + मतुप् (तद्धित -मत्) → धेनुमत्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग रूप धेनुमती
दुहेmilks; yields (milk/wealth)
दुहे:
कर्तृ-क्रिया (verbal action by the subject Iḷā)
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (धातु ‘to milk’)
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