Rig Veda 8.52.4 — Mandala 8, Sukta 52, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.52
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva tradition; hymn-cycle associated with the Kaṇvas in Mandala 8)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (probable for 8.52; verse length and cadence consistent with Jagatī in this section)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्य त्वमिन्द्र स्तोमेषु चाकनो वाजे वाजिञ्छतक्रतो । तं त्वा वयं सुदुघामिव गोदुहो जुहूमसि श्रवस्यवः ॥
Transliteration
yásya tvám indra stómeṣu cā́kano vā́je vājín śatakrato | táṃ tvā vayáṃ sudúghām iva godúho juhū́masi śravasyávaḥ ||
Translation
O Indra, master of a hundred powers, you who take delight in our hymns and in the plenitude of force (vāja), we call you—like skilled milkers drawing from a rich-yielding cow—so that we may draw out the rays of luminous fame and inner hearing.
Word by Word
यस्यwhose / of whom
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तोमेषुin praises / hymns
स्तोमेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
चाकनःdelighting / taking pleasure
चाकनः:
कर्तृ (त्वम्-समनाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootचाकन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कन्/कण् ‘to be pleased, to delight’ (Vedic))
वाजेin the contest / in the prize (race)
वाजे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजिन्O winner / O possessor of strength
वाजिन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
शतक्रतोO hundred-powered (Indra)
शतक्रतो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशतक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि ‘having a hundred powers/stratagems’)
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाthee
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुदुघाम्a well-milking (cow)
सुदुघाम्:
उपमान (simile-object)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-milking’, स्त्री.)
इवlike
इव:
(upamā-marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
गोदुहःa cow-milker
गोदुहः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootगो-दुह् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘cow-milker’)
जुहूमसिwe offer / we pour (oblations)
जुहूमसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हु (जुहोति) ‘to sacrifice, pour/offer’
श्रवस्यवःseeking fame
श्रवस्यवः:
कर्तृ (वयम्-समनाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootश्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘seeking fame/renown’)
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