Rig Veda 8.32.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 19

Sukta 8.32

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि षू चर स्वधा अनु कृष्टीनामन्वाहुवः । इन्द्र पिब सुतानाम् ॥

Transliteration

ví ṣū́ cara svadhā́ ánu kṛṣṭīnā́m ánv āhúvaḥ | índra píba sutā́nām ||

Translation

Move wide and swiftly according to thy own law through the human fields, following their calls; O Indra, drink of the pressed Soma—take in the delight that sustains thy working in us.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• षू: quickly, at once
• षू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षु (avyaya)

• चर: move, go, roam
• चर: Kartā (implied ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्

• स्वधा: svadhā; own power/impulse; ritual ‘svadhā’
• स्वधा: Karaṇa (manner/instrumental sense: ‘by/with svadhā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (prātipadika)

• अनु: after, along, according to
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (upasarga/avyaya)

• कृष्टीनाम्: of the peoples, of the tribes
• कृष्टीनाम्: Adhikaraṇa (domain: ‘among/with respect to the peoples’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्टि (prātipadika)

• अनु: after, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (upasarga/avyaya)

• आहुवः: they have called/invoked
• आहुवः: Kartā (explicit: ‘they’ = the peoples/men)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (with ā-)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna (addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• पिब: drink
• पिब: Kartā (implied ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिब-)

• सुतानाम्: of the pressed (soma-draughts)
• सुतानाम्: Karma (object-range: ‘of the pressed [soma]’ i.e., ‘of the pressings’)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: सुत (PPP from √सु ‘to press’)