Rig Veda 8.1.30: Mandala 8, Sukta 1, Mantra 30
Sukta 8.1
Rishi: Medhyātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Indra (maghonām/maghá motifs typical of Indra as giver)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स्तुहि स्तुहीदेते घा ते मंहिष्ठासो मघोनाम् । निन्दिताश्वः प्रपथी परमज्या मघस्य मेध्यातिथे ॥
Transliteration
stuhí stuhī́d eté ghā te maṃhíṣṭhāso maghónām | ninditā́śvaḥ prapathī́ paramajyā́ maghásya medhyātithe ||
Translation
Praise, praise indeed—these are thy most bountiful powers of the generous. O Medhyātithi, press forward on the path: the ‘horses’ that were blamed become the highest yokings when the force of the Gift is rightly kindled in us.
Word by Word
स्तुहिpraise!
स्तुहि:
(वाक्य-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (stu)
स्तुहीpraise! (again/earnestly)
स्तुही:
(वाक्य-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (stu)
इदindeed, just
इद:
(सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (particle)
एतेthese (ones)
एते:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
घverily, indeed
घ:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (particle)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāma)
मंहिष्ठासःthe most bountiful (ones)
मंहिष्ठासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootमंहिष्ठ (superlative adj. from मंह/मंहस् ‘bounty, munificence’)
मघोनाम्of the bountiful (patrons)
मघोनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन्/मघोन् (prātipadika ‘bountiful, giver’)
निन्दिताश्वः(he) of ill-famed horses
निन्दिताश्वः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootनिन्दित (ppp of √निन्द् ‘to blame’) + अश्व (prātipadika)
प्रपथीthe path-goer / leader on the way
प्रपथी:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्रपथिन्/प्रपथी (prātipadika ‘one on the path; wayfarer/leader on the road’)
परमज्याsupremely yoked / of highest yoking
परमज्या:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपरमज्य (prātipadika; Vedic epithet, lit. ‘having the highest/utmost yoking/trace’ or ‘supremely harnessed’)
मघस्यof bounty, of the gift
मघस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमघ (prātipadika ‘gift, bounty’)
मेध्यातिथेO Medhyātithi
मेध्यातिथे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootमेध्यातिथि (proper name; prātipadika)
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