HomeRig VedaMandala 8Sukta 69Mantra 1
Next Mantra

Mantra 1

Sukta 8.69

Devata: Soma (with Purandhī as supporting power of abundance/fulfilment)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (explicitly referenced)

प्रप्र वस्त्रिष्टुभमिषं मन्दद्वीरायेन्दवे । धिया वो मेधसातये पुरंध्या विवासति ॥

प्रप्र॑ वस्त्रि॒ष्टुभ॒मिषं॑ म॒न्दद्वी॑रा॒येन्द॑वे । धि॒या वो॑ मे॒धसा॑तये॒ पुरं॒ध्या वि॑वासति ॥

prá-prá vaḥ triṣṭúbham íṣam mandád-vīrāya índave | dhiyā́ vo medhā́-sātaye purandhyā́ vívāsati ||

Again and again she brings forward for you the Trishtubh strength of inspiration, the nourishing impulsion for the Soma who rejoices in heroes; with thought she serves you for the winning of luminous intelligence, the Power of plenitude (Purandhī) offering her worship.

प्रऽप्र॑ । वः॒ । त्रि॒ऽस्तुभ॑म् । इष॑म् । म॒न्दत्ऽवी॑राय । इन्द॑वे । धि॒या । वः॒ । मे॒धऽसा॑तये । पु॒र॒म्ऽध्या । आ । वि॒वा॒स॒ति॒ ॥प्रप्र । वः । त्रिस्तुभम् । इषम् । मन्दत्वीराय । इन्दवे । धिया । वः । मेधसातये । पुरम्ध्या । आ । विवासति ॥pra-pra | vaḥ | tri-stubham | iṣam | mandat-vīrāya | indave | dhiyā | vaḥ | medha-sātaye | puram-dhyā | ā | vivāsati

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
प्रforth, strongly
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वःof you (your)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem)
त्रिष्टुभम्the Triṣṭubh (metre/chant)
त्रिष्टुभम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिष्टुभ् (prātipadika)
इषम्refreshment, nourishment
इषम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootइष् (prātipadika: iṣ- ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’)
मन्दद्वीराto the hero-gladdening (one)
मन्दद्वीरा:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द (adj. ‘gladdening’) + वीर (prātipadika) → compound
इन्दवेto Indu (Soma)
इन्दवे:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (prātipadika ‘drop; Soma’)
धियाwith (our) thought/insight
धिया:
करण (means)
TypeNoun
Rootधी (prātipadika ‘thought, insight’)
वःfor you
वः:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem)
मेधसातयेfor the attainment of wisdom/skill
मेधसातये:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootमेधसा- (prātipadika ‘wisdom/skill’) + अतय (from √अत्/अति ‘to go, attain’ in noun-formation) → compound
पुरंध्याwith Purandhī (Bounty)
पुरंध्या:
करण (means/agency)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरंधि (prātipadika; name/epithet of a goddess, also ‘bounty, liberality’)
विवासतिshines forth / makes manifest
विवासति:
क्रिया (verbal action; subject implicit)
TypeVerb
Root√वास् (to shine/dwell) with vi-; Vedic verb विवासति