Rig Veda 8.69.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.69
Rishi: Pragātha tradition of Mandala 8 (exact ṛṣi attribution not supplied in input)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-family (verification needed against metrical tables)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्राय गाव आशिरं दुदुह्रे वज्रिणे मधु । यत्सीमुपह्वरे विदत् ॥
Transliteration
índrāya gā́va āśíraṃ dudúhre vájriṇe mádhu | yát sīm upahvaré vidát ||
Translation
Für Indra haben die Strahlen des Lichts den segensreichen Saft gemolken — Honig für den Vajrin, den Träger des Vajra — wenn er ihn in der nahen Mulde findet, in der inneren Vertiefung.
Word by Word
इन्द्रायto/for Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
गावःthe cows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
आशिरम्a (wish-)blessing; desired gift
आशिरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootआशिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दुदुह्रेthey milked out
दुदुह्रे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (धातु)
वज्रिणेfor the wielder of the thunderbolt
वज्रिणे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुhoney; sweetness; mead
मधु:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सीम्him (indeed); just him
सीम्:
कर्म (सर्वनाम-प्रत्ययार्थे) अथवा सम्बन्ध-प्रयोग
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसीम् (निपात/एन्क्लिटिक)
उपह्वरेin the (nearby) hollow/valley; at the recess
उपह्वरे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun (locative)
Rootउप-ह्वर (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ह्वर (√ह्वर्/ह्वृ) से निष्पन्न स्थानवाचक
विदत्he found; he discovered
विदत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु: ‘to find/know’)
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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