Rig Veda 8.2.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.2
Rishi: Medhyātithi Kāṇva (traditional for RV 8.2)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable for RV 8.2 opening; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तं ते यवं यथा गोभिः स्वादुमकर्म श्रीणन्तः । इन्द्र त्वास्मिन्त्सधमादे ॥
Transliteration
táṃ te yávaṃ yáthā góbhir svā́dum akarma śrīṇántaḥ | índra tvā́smín tsadhámāde ||
Translation
That offering of yours we have made sweet—like barley blended with the rays (cows of light)—as we mix and refine it; O Indra, may you be with us in this common gladness and shared ecstasy.
Word by Word
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof/for you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यवम्barley
यवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयव (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
गोभिःwith cows; with milk (by cows)
गोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वादुम्sweet, pleasant
स्वादुम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वादु (प्रातिपदिक)
अकर्मunworked; not requiring effort (easy)
अकर्म:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + अ (निषेध/अभाव) → अकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रीणन्तःpreparing, cooking (they)
श्रीणन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootश्री (धातु; ‘to cook/boil, prepare’ वैदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सधमादेat the common feast/banquet (soma-session)
सधमादे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसधमाद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘common feast/pressing-session’)
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