Rig Veda 8.7.14 — Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 14

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kāṇva (Kaṇva lineage; exact individual rishi not securely inferable from the single verse alone)

Devata: Indra (with Soma; the verse addresses luminous powers in a Soma-exhilaration context; probable Indra/Soma setting of RV 8.7)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 8.7; not fully verifiable from this excerpt alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अधीव यद्गिरीणां यामं शुभ्रा अचिध्वम् । सुवानैर्मन्दध्व इन्दुभिः ॥

Transliteration

adhī́va yád girīṇā́m yā́maṃ śubhrā́ acídhvam | suvānáir mandadhve índubhiḥ ||

Translation

Wenn ihr, o Leuchtenden, gleichsam den Lauf und Durchgang der Höhen (der inneren Gipfel) in Bewegung setzt, dann geht ihr mit den ausgepressten Soma-Tropfen in die Freude ein und steigert die Wonne im Innern.

Word by Word

• अधीव: as if upon; as though over
• अधीव: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘upon/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग) + इव (अव्यय)

• यत्: which; that
• यत्: Karma (object of ‘अचिध्वम्’ understood: ‘that [path/going]’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरीणाम्: of the mountains
• गिरीणाम्: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of the mountains’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यामम्: course; going; path; journey
• यामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम (प्रातिपदिक; from √या ‘to go’)

• शुभ्राः: bright; shining (ones)
• शुभ्राः: Kartā (subject of ‘अचिध्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अचिध्वम्: you have heaped/arranged; you set in order
• अचिध्वम्: Kriyā (finite verb); governs objects ‘यामम्’ etc.
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चि (चिनोति/चिनुते ‘to gather, heap up, arrange’) with augment अ- (Vedic injunctive/aorist-like) + मध्यमपुरुष-बहुवचन आत्मनेपद

• सुवानैः: by the Soma-pressers; by those pressing (Soma)
• सुवानैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Noun-like
• Root: सु + √वा (वाति/ववौ; here kṛdanta from √सु ‘to press out (Soma)’) → सुवान (present participle, ‘pressing/producing’)

• मन्दध्वे: you rejoice; you become exhilarated
• मन्दध्वे: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन्द्/मद् (to be glad, exhilarate; Vedic ‘to rejoice’) + ध्वे (2nd pl. middle ending)

• इन्दुभिः: with Soma-drops
• इन्दुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘drop’, esp. Soma-drop)