Rig Veda 8.7.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 16
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kāṇva (lineage attribution likely)
Devata: Indra’s assisting powers (often Maruts/Soma drops); the imagery of rains and widening worlds suits Marut-Indra complex
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not fully verifiable from excerpt alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये द्रप्सा इव रोदसी धमन्त्यनु वृष्टिभिः । उत्सं दुहन्तो अक्षितम् ॥
Transliteration
yé drapsā́ iva ródasī́ íti dhámanty ánu vṛṣṭíbhiḥ | útsaṃ dúhanto ákṣitam ||
Translation
Die, die wie leuchtende Tropfen die beiden Welten mit ihren Regenhauchen weiten, indem sie die unerschöpfliche Quelle melken — das sind die Mächte, die das Sein fruchtbar machen mit Strömen von Wonne und Erkenntnis.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
द्रप्साःdrops; spray-drops
द्रप्साः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्रप्स (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व-युगलार्थे ‘द्यावापृथिव्यौ’)
धमन्तिthey blow; they set in motion
धमन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootध्मा (धातु; ‘धमति’)
अनुalong, after, in accordance with
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृष्टिभिःwith rains; by rain-showers
वृष्टिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्सम्spring; fountain; source
उत्सम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
दुहन्तःmilking; drawing (out)
दुहन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Rootदुह् (धातु) → दुहन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
अक्षितम्unexhausted; imperishable
अक्षितम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-क्षि-त (नञ् + √क्षि ‘क्षय’/‘क्षिणोति’ → ‘क्षय’), प्रातिपदिक ‘अक्षित’
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