Rig Veda 9.106.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 106, Mantra 8
Sukta 9.106
Devata: Soma Pavamana (with Indra as associated power strengthened by Soma)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तव द्रप्सा उदप्रुत इन्द्रं मदाय वावृधुः । त्वां देवासो अमृताय कं पपुः ॥
Transliteration
táva drapsā́ udaprúta índraṃ mádāya vāvṛdhuḥ | tvā́ṃ devā́so amṛ́tāya káṃ papuḥ ||
Translation
Deine Tropfen, aufwallend und emporstrebend, haben Indra zum Rausch der Macht gesteigert. Dich tranken die Götter zur Unsterblichkeit — reine Wonne, zur unvergänglichen Substanz geworden.
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (possessive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्रप्साःdrops (of Soma)
द्रप्साः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्रप्स (प्रातिपदिक)
उदप्रुतःup-springing / welling up (surging)
उदप्रुतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद-प्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; समास/उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मदायfor exhilaration / intoxication
मदाय:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
वावृधुःthey have strengthened / made grow
वावृधुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (धातु)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अमृतायfor immortality
अमृताय:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
कम्(indeed) / (somehow)
कम्:
कर्म (त्वाम् इत्यस्य सहप्रयोगे ‘कं’ = ‘indeed/at all’ nuance)
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न/अनिश्चय-सर्वनाम; here enclitic particle-like)
पपुःthey drank
पपुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु ‘to drink’)
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