Rig Veda 8.12.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 32

Sukta 8.12

Devata: Indra (probable, by hymn sequence and shared refrain ‘pra adhvare’)

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

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदस्य धामनि प्रिये समीचीनासो अस्वरन् । नाभा यज्ञस्य दोहना प्राध्वरे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.12.32

Transliteration

yád asya dhā́mani priyé samīcīnā́so ásvaran | nā́bhā yajñásya dohanā́ prá adhvaré ||

Translation

Als in seiner geliebten Machtstätte, in dem teuren Sitz, die recht Ausgerichteten zusammen einstimmig erschallten, — da gaben am Nabel des Opfers die melkenden Kühe ihre Ströme, vorandrängend im Opfergang (prādhvare).

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Word by Word

• यत्: which, what
• यत्: Karma (of अस्वरन्; ‘that which/what’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• धामनि: in (his) abode/seat; in the domain
• धामनि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (prātipadika)

• प्रियॆ: in the dear/beloved (place)
• प्रियॆ: Adhikaraṇa (locative of sphere; ‘in the dear/beloved [place]’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (prātipadika)

• समीचीनासः: harmonious, well-directed (ones)
• समीचीनासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीचीन (prātipadika; from सम् + अञ्च् ‘to go/turn’ > ‘facing/going together, fitting’)

• अस्वरन्: they sounded/sang; they resounded
• अस्वरन्: Kriyā (with Kartā = समीचीनासः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वर् (धातु; ‘to sound, resound, sing’)

• नाभा: as/with the navel; as the hub/center
• नाभा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (prātipadika)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (prātipadika)

• दोहना: milking; drawing (out), extraction
• दोहना: Karma / Apposition (thing ‘milking/drawing’ related to the rite)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोहना (prātipadika; action-noun from दुह् ‘to milk’)

• प्राध्वरे: in the forward/foremost rite; in the sacrifice
• प्राध्वरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative phrase)
• Root: अध्वर (prātipadika; ‘sacrificial rite’), with preverb प्र-