Mantra 29
Sukta 8.46
Rishi: Not determinable from provided excerpt alone (RV 8.46 is within the Vālakhilya/appendix-type cluster in some recensions; attribution varies by tradition).
Devata: Likely a praise of a beneficent power associated with impetus and gifts; precise devatā uncertain from this single mantra without hymn header (possible Indra-associated dāna context in 8.46).
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from single verse without full metrical scan; likely a common RV meter (Triṣṭubh/Jagatī) in this section.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अध प्रियमिषिराय षष्टिं सहस्रासनम् । अश्वानामिन्न वृष्णाम् ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
अध॑ प्रि॒यमि॑षि॒राय॑ ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑सनम् । अश्वा॑ना॒मिन्न वृष्णा॑म् ॥
Transliteration
adha priyám iṣirā́ya ṣaṣṭíṃ sahásrā́sanam | aśvā́nām ín na vṛ́ṣṇām ||
Translation
Then, to the beloved impeller (Iṣirā), there comes a wide seat of plenitude—sixty thousand—like the overflowing strength of the stallions: a foundation for the soul’s onward movement.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अध॑ । प्रि॒यम् । इ॒षि॒राय॑ । ष॒ष्टिम् । स॒हस्रा॑ । अ॒स॒न॒म् । अश्वा॑नाम् । इत् । न । वृष्णा॑म् ॥अध । प्रियम् । इषिराय । षष्टिम् । सहस्रा । असनम् । अश्वानाम् । इत् । न । वृष्णाम् ॥agha | priyam | iṣirāya | ṣaṣṭim | sahasrā | asanam | aśvānām | it | na | vṛṣṇām
Word by Word
अधthen; now; thereafter
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (avyaya)
प्रियम्dear, pleasing (thing)
प्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रिय (prātipadika)
इषिरायto Iṣira (the recipient)
इषिराय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootइषिर (prātipadika; personal name/epithet)
षष्टिम्sixty
षष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral (noun-like)
Rootषष्टि (prātipadika)
सहस्रासनम्a thousand seats; thousandfold seat/seatings
सहस्रासनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्रासन (prātipadika; tatpuruṣa: सहस्र + आसन)
अश्वानाम्of horses
अश्वानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (prātipadika)
इत्indeed; just; even
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (avyaya particle)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (avyaya)
वृष्णाम्of the bulls; of the strong ones
वृष्णाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन् (prātipadika)