Rig Veda 8.12.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 13

Sukta 8.12

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यं विप्रा उक्थवाहसोऽभिप्रमन्दुरायवः । घृतं न पिप्य आसन्यृतस्य यत् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.12.13

Transliteration

yáṁ viprā ukthávāhaso’bhipramandúr ā́yavaḥ | ghṛtáṁ na pipye āsáni ṛtásya yát ||

Translation

Den, den die Seher — Träger des erhobenen Wortes (ukthá), den Weg suchend — erfreuen und zu ihm drängen: er hat gleichsam geklärtes Ghee getrunken — den donnernden Sitz des ṛta, jenes Fundament der Wahrheits-Ordnung.

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Word by Word

• यम्: whom
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / relative pronoun

• विप्राः: inspired poets / seers
• विप्राः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उक्थवाहसः: bearing/bringing hymns (uktha)
• उक्थवाहसः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: उक्थ-वाहस् (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• प्रमन्दुः: exulting, rejoicing
• प्रमन्दुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (predicative) / participial adjective
• Root: मन्द् (धातु) + प्र- (उपसर्ग); मन्दु (प्रातिपदिक/विशेषण) → प्रमन्दु

• रायवः: bounteous ones / possessors of wealth
• रायवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: रायि/राय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth, bounty’)

• घृतम्: ghee, clarified butter
• घृतम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पिप्य: be full / swell / abound
• पिप्य: —
• Type: Verbal form (Vedic injunctive/imperative-like; archaic)
• Root: प्याय्/पि (धातु; ‘to swell, be full, abound’) → पिप्य (वेदिक छान्दस रूप; कृदन्त/अव्ययभाव)

• आसन्: they were
• आसन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; ‘to be’)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which / that
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / relative pronoun