Rig Veda 8.33.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 33, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.33
Rishi: Ghoṣā/Śaśakarṇa? (Book 8 has mixed attributions; exact rishi for RV 8.33 requires hymn-level source)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क ईं वेद सुते सचा पिबन्तं कद्वयो दधे । अयं यः पुरो विभिनत्त्योजसा मन्दानः शिप्र्यन्धसः ॥
Transliteration
ká īṃ veda suté sacā́ píbantaṃ kád váyo dadhe | ayáṃ yáḥ puró vibhinátty ójasā mandānáḥ śípry ándhasaḥ ||
Translation
Who indeed knows him, drinking with the pressed Soma—what breadth of being he has assumed? This is he who breaks the strongholds by force, exhilarated, the Shiprī, by the Soma-substance.
Word by Word
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
ईम्indeed; just; emphatically
ईम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम् (निपात)
वेदknows
वेद:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
सुतेin/at the pressed Soma
सुते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसु (सुनोति) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) / ‘सुत’ = सोमः
सचाtogether (with); in company
सचा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसच (निपात/अव्यय; ‘सह’)
पिबन्तम्drinking
पिबन्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootपा (पिबति)
कwhat?
क:
—
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
द्वयःthe two (men/ones)
द्वयः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootद्वि → द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
दधेhas placed; has set
दधे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (डुधाञ् धारण-पोषणयोः) / दधाति
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्-प्रातिपदिक
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्-प्रातिपदिक
पुरःfronts; fortresses; strongholds
पुरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विभिनत्तिsplits; breaks apart
विभिनत्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभिद् (भिदँ विदारणे) + वि
ओजसाwith strength; by might
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
मदानःexhilarating; being gladdened (by Soma)
मदानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootमद् (मदँ हर्षे) → मन्दान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
शिप्रिthe ‘Shiprī’ one (Indra; the one with prominent cheeks/jaws)
शिप्रि:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootशिप्रि (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
अन्धसःof the Soma-juice; of the draught
अन्धसः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक; सोमरसः)
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