Rig Veda 8.78.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 78, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.78
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पुरोळाशं नो अन्धस इन्द्र सहस्रमा भर । शता च शूर गोनाम् ॥
Transliteration
puroḷā́śaṃ no ándhasa índra sahásram ā́ bhara | śatá ca śūra gónām ||
Translation
হে ইন্দ্ৰ, আমাৰলৈ সোমৰসৰ সহস্ৰ পৰিমাণ (অন্ধস) আন; আৰু হে শূৰ, গো-সমূহৰ শত ৰশ্মি—আলোকময় দান—আমালৈ বহন কৰ।
Word by Word
पुरोळाशम्puroḷāśa (sacrificial cake)
पुरोळाशम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुरोळाश (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्धसःof the soma-juice / of the drink
अन्धसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative, deity-name)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
कर्म (quantity of what is brought)
TypeNoun/Adjective (numeral)
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards (here)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भरbring!
भर:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरणे)
शताःhundreds
शताः:
कर्म (additional quantity, elliptic with ‘bring’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (numeral)
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
शूरO hero/brave one
शूर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
गोनाम्of cows / cattle
गोनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of cows’)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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