Rig Veda 8.33.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 33, Mantra 12

Sukta 8.33

Rishi: Kanva (Kāṇva tradition; RV 8.33 is associated with Kāṇvas in general)

Devata: Indra (with Soma as the offered power)

Chandas: Likely Jagatī (longer line; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वृषा सोता सुनोतु ते वृषन्नृजीपिन्ना भर । वृषा दधन्वे वृषणं नदीष्वा तुभ्यं स्थातर्हरीणाम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.33.12

Transliteration

vṛ́ṣā sótā sunotu te vṛ́ṣann ṛjīpin ā́ bhara | vṛ́ṣā dádhanve vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ nadī́ṣv ā́ túbhyaṃ sthātar harīṇām ||

Translation

Der starke Presser presse dir den starken Soma; o Starker, o Geradlenker, komm, bring ihn her. Denn der starke Soma wird in Bewegung gesetzt—als starker Strom in den Flüssen—damit für dich die beiden fahlen Harī ihren Stand nehmen.

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Word by Word

• वृषा: the bull; the vigorous one
• वृषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृष् (वर्षणे/सेचने)

• सोता: the Soma-presser
• सोता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोतर् (प्रातिपदिक) < √सु (सोमप्रसवे) + तृ (कर्तरि)

• सुनोतु: let him press (Soma)
• सुनोतु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सु (सोमप्रसवे)

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• वृषन्: O bull; O mighty one
• वृषन्: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋजीपिन्: O straight-jawed/straight-lipped one (Indra)
• ऋजीपिन्: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative)
• Root: ऋजीपिन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• भर: bring!
• भर: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• वृषा: the bull; the vigorous one
• वृषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधन्वे: has armed himself; has taken up (the bow)
• दधन्वे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धन्व्/धनु (धन्वने/धनुषि-करणे; ‘to arm/fit with bow’)

• वृषणम्: the bull; the mighty one (as object)
• वृषणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)

• नदीषु: in the rivers
• नदीषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• स्थातः: standing; stationed
• स्थातः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• हरीणाम्: of the tawny steeds (Indra’s horses)
• हरीणाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य अश्वौ)