Rig Veda 8.33.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 33, Mantra 15
Sukta 8.33
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (attribution for RV 8.33; verse-level data not supplied for 8.33.15 here, but hymn is Kāṇva)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely for this section; explicit chandas provided in input only for 8.33.19)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अस्माकमद्यान्तमं स्तोमं धिष्व महामह । अस्माकं ते सवना सन्तु शंतमा मदाय द्युक्ष सोमपाः ॥
Transliteration
asmā́kam adyā́ntamam stómaṃ dhiṣva mahāmaha | asmā́kaṃ te sávanā santu śáṃ-tamā madā́ya dyukṣa soma-pāḥ ||
Translation
Indra, groß in Größe, nimm heute unseren innersten Lobgesang an. Mögen unsere Soma-Pressungen dir die friedvollsten sein, damit du als Soma-Trinker in die leuchtende Wonne des Rausches eingehst.
Word by Word
अस्माकम्of us / our
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अद्यtoday / now
अद्य:
अधिकारण (time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
अन्तमम्the nearest / the most immediate
अन्तमम्:
कर्म (object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्तम (प्रातिपदिक) < अन्त
स्तोमम्hymn of praise
स्तोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्तु (स्तवने)
धिष्वplace / bestow / set (it)
धिष्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे/निधाने) — Vedic: ‘धि’/‘धे’ with middle imperative
महामहO great one / O most-great
महामह:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमहामह (vocative epithet; from महत्/महā + intensive/reduplicated praise-form)
अस्माकम्of us / our
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
सवनानिpressings / Soma-pressing rites
सवनानि:
कर्तृ (of सन्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक) < √सू (सवने/प्रसवे) / ritual pressing
सन्तुlet (them) be
सन्तु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भुवि)
शंतमाmost auspicious / most beneficial
शंतमा:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशंतम (प्रातिपदिक) < शम् (well-being) + तमप्
मदायfor exhilaration / intoxication
मदाय:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/beneficiary)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक) < √मद् (हर्षे/मादने)
द्युक्षO shining one
द्युक्ष:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (used as vocative)
Rootद्युक्ष् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet ‘bright/shining’) < द्युत्/द्यु
सोमपाःO Soma-drinker
सोमपाः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootसोमपा (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पा ‘drinker’) < √पा (पाने)
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