Rig Veda 8.69.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.69
Devata: Soma (with cow-powers/rays as agents of preparation); also a cosmological frame of the Devas’ ‘birth’
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (explicitly referenced)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ता अस्य सूददोहसः सोमं श्रीणन्ति पृश्नयः । जन्मन्देवानां विशस्त्रिष्वा रोचने दिवः ॥
Transliteration
tā́ asya sū́da-dohasaḥ sómaṃ śrīṇanti pṛ́śnayaḥ | jánman devā́nāṃ víśas tríṣv ā́ rócane diváḥ ||
Translation
These speckled milkers, abundant in their yield, blend and prepare Soma; they are the peoples of the gods at the birth—in the three luminous worlds of heaven’s shining, they establish the radiant offering.
Word by Word
ताःthey (those, f.)
ताः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/this (one)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सूददोहसःhaving good milking/yield (rich in milk/abundance)
सूददोहसः:
कर्तृ (ताः … पृश्नयः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूद-दोहस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
सोमम्Soma (the pressed juice)
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रीणन्तिthey mix/prepare
श्रीणन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootश्री (धातु; ‘to mix, to prepare/season’)
पृश्नयःthe speckled ones (cows)
पृश्नयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपृश्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
जन्मन्birth; origin
जन्मन्:
कर्म/सम्बन्ध (अर्थतः ‘origin/birth-place’)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
विशःclans; peoples
विशः:
कर्तृ/सम्बन्ध (appositional: ‘clans/peoples’)
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रिषुin three
त्रिषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
आunto; to
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
रोचनेin the shining realms
रोचने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven/sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
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