Rig Veda 9.65.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 65, Mantra 8

Sukta 9.65

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit relation to Indra as drinker)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यस्य वर्णं मधुश्चुतं हरिं हिन्वन्त्यद्रिभिः । इन्दुमिन्द्राय पीतये ॥

Transliteration

yásya várṇaṃ madhuścútaṃ hárim hinvánty ádribhiḥ | índum índrā́ya pītáye ||

Translation

যাঁর বর্ণ মধু-ঝরা, হরিত-স্বর্ণাভ; যাঁকে অদ্রি (চাপ-পাথর) দ্বারা তারা প্রবাহিত করে—সেই ইন্দুকে ইন্দ্রের পানার্থে অগ্রসর করে।

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• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्णम्: color, appearance
• वर्णम्: कर्म (of ‘hinvanti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुश्चुतम्: honey-dripping, sweet-flowing
• मधुश्चुतम्: कर्म-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: मधु-च्युत (कृदन्त; च्युत = √च्यु ‘to drip, fall’ + क्त)

• हरिम्: tawny, golden (one)
• हरिम्: कर्म (apposition to ‘वर्णम्’ / object-qualifier)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिन्वन्ति: they impel, they set in motion
• हिन्वन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हिन्/हिन्व् (to impel, set in motion)

• अद्रिभिः: with stones (pressing-stones)
• अद्रिभिः: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्दुम्: the Soma drop
• इन्दुम्: कर्म (understood object: ‘(they press/prepare) the Soma-drop’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीतये: for drinking
• पीतये: प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान (purpose: ‘for drinking’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीति (प्रातिपदिक; action-noun from √पा ‘to drink’)