Rig Veda 8.7.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, 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 ॥
Transliteration
adhī́va yád girīṇā́m yā́maṃ śubhrā́ acídhvam | suvānáir mandadhve índubhiḥ ||
Translation
Quand, ô lumineux, vous mettez comme en mouvement la course et le passage des hauteurs (les sommets intérieurs), alors, avec les gouttes de Soma pressées, vous entrez dans l’allégresse et intensifiez la délectation au-dedans.
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)
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