Rig Veda 8.32.28: Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 28

Sukta 8.32

Rishi: Kanva (Kāṇva tradition; precise attribution within RV 8.32 not provided in the input)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो विश्वान्यभि व्रता सोमस्य मदे अन्धसः । इन्द्रो देवेषु चेतति ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.32.28

Transliteration

yó víśvāny abhí vratā́ sómasya máde ándhasaḥ | índro devéṣu cétati ||

Translation

He who, in the ecstasy of Soma’s essence, becomes aware of and moves over all the laws of action—Indra is the conscious power among the gods, the one who awakens and directs their workings in us.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-निर्देशकः (यः = ‘who’), कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, over, upon
• अभि: उपसर्गः (क्रियाविशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• व्रतानि: vows, ordinances, sacred laws
• व्रतानि: कर्म (अभि-गमन/अभि-प्रवृत्ति-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of Soma’
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदे: in the exhilaration (intoxication)
• मदे: अधिकरण (स्थान/अवस्था) — ‘in intoxication/rapture’
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्धसः: of the Soma-juice (pressed draught)
• अन्धसः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the pressed juice’
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: अधिकरण (among/in) — ‘among the gods’
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• चेतति: perceives, is attentive, takes notice
• चेतति: क्रिया (कर्तृ = इन्द्रः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (धातु) / Vedic present stem चेत-