Rig Veda 5.34.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 34, Mantra 8

Sukta 5.34

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सं यज्जनौ सुधनौ विश्वशर्धसाववेदिन्द्रो मघवा गोषु शुभ्रिषु । युजं ह्यन्यमकृत प्रवेपन्युदीं गव्यं सृजते सत्वभिर्धुनिः ॥

Transliteration

sáṃ yáj janáu sudhánau viśváśardhasāv áved índro maghávā́ góṣu śubhriṣú | yújaṃ hy ànyám ákṛt pravepany úd īṃ gavyáṃ sṛjate sátvabhīr dhúniḥ ||

Translation

Als Indra, der Freigebige, die zwei wohlversorgten Völker fand – die allumfassenden Heerscharen – inmitten der glänzenden Kühe (Strahlen), da machte er den einen zum Jochgefährten des andern; der Erschütterer lässt mit seinen Kräften das lichtvolle Rindervolk empor.

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Word by Word

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• यत्: what, that which
• यत्: Karma (of implied verb) / correl. to तत्
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• जनौ: (the) two peoples/men
• जनौ: Karma (paired objects) / possibly Kartā in dual context
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (prātipadika)

• सुधनौ: well-provided with wealth, rich
• सुधनौ: Viśeṣaṇa of जनौ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-धन (prātipadika)

• विश्वशर्धसौ: having all/whole troops, with all their host
• विश्वशर्धसौ: Viśeṣaṇa of जनौ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-शर्धस् (prātipadika)

• अवेदि: was found/appeared, was perceived
• अवेदि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (√vid ‘to know/find’ in Vedic: ‘to be found/appear’), with augment a-

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• मघवा: the bountiful one
• मघवा: Apposition to इन्द्रः (Kartā)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (prātipadika)

• गोषु: among/in the cows, in cattle
• गोषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (prātipadika)

• शुभ्रिषु: bright, shining (ones)
• शुभ्रिषु: Viśeṣaṇa (locative qualifier) of गोषु
• Type: Adjective/Noun (Vedic)
• Root: शुभ्रि (prātipadika)

• युजम्: a yoked one/ally, companion
• युजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: युज् (prātipadika from √yuj ‘to yoke/join’)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (particle)

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa of युजम् / Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य (prātipadika)

• अकृत: he made
• अकृत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (√kṛ ‘to make/do’), with augment a-

• प्रवेपनी: a trembling/causing-to-tremble (thing), a shaker
• प्रवेपनी: Karma (object made) / predicative complement
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्र-वेपनी (kṛdanta/prātipadika; from √vip/√vep ‘to tremble’ with pra-; feminine)

• उद्: up, out
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (upasarga)

• ईम्: indeed, just, straightway
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (particle)

• गव्यम्: belonging to cattle; cattle-wealth
• गव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: गव्य (prātipadika)

• सृजते: he releases/sends forth
• सृजते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (√sṛj ‘to let go, release, send forth’)

• सत्वभिः: with strengths/powers, with vigorous forces
• सत्वभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्व (prātipadika)

• धुनिः: the shaker, the roaring one
• धुनिः: Kartā (of सृजते) / apposition to Indra
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: धुनि (prātipadika)