Rig Veda 8.69.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.69
Rishi: Pragātha tradition of Mandala 8 (exact ṛṣi attribution not supplied in input)
Devata: Indra (explicit), with brahman (mantric power) foregrounded
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-family (needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अव स्वराति गर्गरो गोधा परि सनिष्वणत् । पिङ्गा परि चनिष्कददिन्द्राय ब्रह्मोद्यतम् ॥
Transliteration
áva svarāti gárgaro godhā́ pári saniṣvaṇat | píṅgā pári caniṣkadad índrāya bráhmodýatam ||
Translation
Abwärts erschallt der Gesang — wie rollender Klang — ringsum kreisend und bebend; die fahlgoldene Flamme springt ringsum: für Indra wird das inspirierte Wort (brahman) emporgehoben, zur Erscheinung gebracht.
Word by Word
अवdown; forth (as a preverb)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग) अव्- (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
स्वरातिsounds; resounds
स्वराति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√स्वर् (स्वरति) / √स्वन् (वेद. स्वरति ~ स्वनति)
गर्गरःthe ‘gargar’ (a rattling/noisy creature; lit. ‘rattler’)
गर्गरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगर्गर (प्रातिपदिक)
गोधाthe iguana / large lizard
गोधा:
Kartā (समन्वयेन/अपि-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootगोधा (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround; all about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सनिष्वणत्made a ringing sound; resounded
सनिष्वणत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-नि-√स्वन् (स्वनति) / √स्वन्
पिङ्गाthe tawny one (female; tawny creature)
पिङ्गा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun
Rootपिङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘tawny, reddish-brown’)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
चनिष्कदत्leapt about; sprang around
चनिष्कदत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√स्कन्द् (स्कन्दति) with reduplication: च-नि-स्कद् (वेद.); also analyzed as नि-√स्कद्/√स्कन्द्
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मthe sacred hymn; prayer-formula
ब्रह्म:
Karma (उद्यतम् इति विशेष्यत्वेन) / or Kartā in apposition depending on construal
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; neuter in RV often ‘hymn, sacred formulation’)
उद्यतम्raised up; lifted (in offering)
उद्यतम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (ब्रह्मणः)
TypeParticiple
Rootउद्-√यम् (यच्छति/यमति) → उद्यत (कृदन्त)
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