Mantra 14
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kaṇva lineage; exact individual rishi not securely inferable from the single verse alone)
Devata: Indra (with Soma; the verse addresses luminous powers in a Soma-exhilaration context; probable Indra/Soma setting of RV 8.7)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 8.7; not fully verifiable from this excerpt alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अधीव यद्गिरीणां यामं शुभ्रा अचिध्वम् । सुवानैर्मन्दध्व इन्दुभिः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
अधी॑व॒ यद्गि॑री॒णां यामं॑ शुभ्रा॒ अचि॑ध्वम् । सु॒वा॒नैर्म॑न्दध्व॒ इन्दु॑भिः ॥
Transliteration
adhī́va yád girīṇā́m yā́maṃ śubhrā́ acídhvam | suvānáir mandadhve índubhiḥ ||
Translation
When, O luminous ones, you as it were set in motion the course and passage of the heights (the inner summits), then with the Soma-drops that are pressed out you enter into gladness and intensify the delight within.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अधि॑ऽइव । यत् । गि॒री॒णाम् । याम॑म् । शु॒भ्राः॒ । अचि॑ध्वम् । सु॒वा॒नैः । म॒न्द॒ध्वे॒ । इन्दु॑ऽभिः ॥अधिइव । यत् । गिरीणाम् । यामम् । शुभ्राः । अचिध्वम् । सुवानैः । मन्दध्वे । इन्दुभिः ॥adhi-iva | yat | girīṇām | yāmam | śubhrāḥ | acidhvam | suvānaiḥ | mandadhve | indu-bhiḥ
Word by Word
अधीवas if upon; as though over
अधीव:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘upon/over’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग) + इव (अव्यय)
यत्which; that
यत्:
Karma (object of ‘अचिध्वम्’ understood: ‘that [path/going]’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गिरीणाम्of the mountains
गिरीणाम्:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘of the mountains’)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
यामम्course; going; path; journey
यामम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयाम (प्रातिपदिक; from √या ‘to go’)
शुभ्राःbright; shining (ones)
शुभ्राः:
Kartā (subject of ‘अचिध्वम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अचिध्वम्you have heaped/arranged; you set in order
अचिध्वम्:
Kriyā (finite verb); governs objects ‘यामम्’ etc.
TypeVerb
Root√चि (चिनोति/चिनुते ‘to gather, heap up, arrange’) with augment अ- (Vedic injunctive/aorist-like) + मध्यमपुरुष-बहुवचन आत्मनेपद
सुवानैःby the Soma-pressers; by those pressing (Soma)
सुवानैः:
Karaṇa
TypeParticiple (Adjectival) / Noun-like
Rootसु + √वा (वाति/ववौ; here kṛdanta from √सु ‘to press out (Soma)’) → सुवान (present participle, ‘pressing/producing’)
मन्दध्वेyou rejoice; you become exhilarated
मन्दध्वे:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√मन्द्/मद् (to be glad, exhilarate; Vedic ‘to rejoice’) + ध्वे (2nd pl. middle ending)
इन्दुभिःwith Soma-drops
इन्दुभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘drop’, esp. Soma-drop)