Rig Veda 8.64.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 64, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.64
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कस्य स्वित्सवनं वृषा जुजुष्वाँ अव गच्छति । इन्द्रं क उ स्विदा चके ॥
Transliteration
kásya svit sávanam vṛ́ṣā jujuṣvā́ṁ áva gacchati | índraṁ ká u svíd ā́ cake ||
Translation
To whose pressing does the Bull, the acceptor of the offering, descend and go? Who indeed has attained Indra—who has made him come near within?
Word by Word
कस्यof whom/whose
कस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक) → क-
स्वित्indeed? / pray?
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
सवनम्Soma-pressing; libation
सवनम्:
कर्म (with जुजुष्वान्) / or विषय (nominative in question)
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)
वृषाthe bull; the mighty one
वृषा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) → वृषा (nom. sg.)
जुजुष्वान्accepting; taking pleasure (in)
जुजुष्वान्:
कर्तृ (apposition to वृषा)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√जुष् (to enjoy, accept, be pleased) ; reduplicated perfect/participial stem जुजुष्व-
अवdown; forth (as preverb)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गच्छतिgoes; comes
गच्छति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (to go) → गच्छ-
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म (with आचके)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक) → क-
उindeed; then; pray
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
स्वित्indeed? / pray?
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
आtowards; unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
चकेhas desired; has taken pleasure in; has chosen
चके:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कन्/कॄ? (Vedic: √कन् ‘to be pleased, desire’; perfect middle चके)
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