Rig Veda 8.64.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 64, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.64

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कस्य स्वित्सवनं वृषा जुजुष्वाँ अव गच्छति । इन्द्रं क उ स्विदा चके ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.64.8

Transliteration

kásya svit sávanam vṛ́ṣā jujuṣvā́ṁ áva gacchati | índraṁ ká u svíd ā́ cake ||

Translation

Zu wessen Pressung, sag, steigt der Stier herab und kommt — der die Opfergabe annimmt? Wer, sag, hat Indra wirklich erlangt — wer hat ihn sich nahe gebracht, in die innere Nähe?

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Word by Word

• कस्य: of whom/whose
• कस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक) → क-

• स्वित्: indeed? / pray?
• स्वित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित् (निपात)

• सवनम्: Soma-pressing; libation
• सवनम्: कर्म (with जुजुष्वान्) / or विषय (nominative in question)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)

• वृषा: the bull; the mighty one
• वृषा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) → वृषा (nom. sg.)

• जुजुष्वान्: accepting; taking pleasure (in)
• जुजुष्वान्: कर्तृ (apposition to वृषा)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √जुष् (to enjoy, accept, be pleased) ; reduplicated perfect/participial stem जुजुष्व-

• अव: down; forth (as preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गच्छति: goes; comes
• गच्छति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (to go) → गच्छ-

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म (with आचके)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कः: who?
• कः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक) → क-

• उ: indeed; then; pray
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• स्वित्: indeed? / pray?
• स्वित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित् (निपात)

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• चके: has desired; has taken pleasure in; has chosen
• चके: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कन्/कॄ? (Vedic: √कन् ‘to be pleased, desire’; perfect middle चके)