Rig Veda 8.49.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 49, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.49
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva family)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नः स्तोममुप द्रवद्धियानो अश्वो न सोतृभिः । यं ते स्वधावन्त्स्वदयन्ति धेनव इन्द्र कण्वेषु रातयः ॥
Transliteration
ā naḥ stómam úpa drávad dhiyānáḥ áśvo na sotṛ́bhiḥ | yáṃ te svadhāvans svadáyanti dhenáva índra káṇveṣu rātáyaḥ ||
Translation
વિચારથી પ્રેરિત થઈ, અમારા સ્તોત્ર તરફ દોડી આવ—જેમ અશ્વ સોમ દબાવનારાઓ સાથે દોડે તેમ. હે સ્વધાવાન ઇન્દ્ર, કણ્વોમાં જાગતા દાન—પોષક ધારો—તને મધુર બનાવે છે.
Word by Word
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
स्तोमम्hymn of praise
स्तोमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (prātipadika)
उपnear, up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (upasarga)
द्रवत्running, hastening
द्रवत्:
Kartā (with implied subject)
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धावने/गत्यर्थः)
धियानःthinking, inspired (in mind)
धियानः:
Kartā (qualifier of the runner)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootधी (prātipadika) / ध्यै (dhātu, ‘to think/meditate’)
अश्वःa horse
अश्वः:
Kartā (simile-base)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (prātipadika)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
सोतृभिःby the Soma-pressers
सोतृभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसोतृ (prātipadika; agent-noun from √सु ‘to press Soma’)
यम्whom / which
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
तेof you, your
ते:
Sampradāna/Śeṣa (possessor: ‘thy’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
स्वधावन्त्स्वदयन्ति(the) svadhā-possessing (ones) enjoy/sweeten
स्वधावन्त्स्वदयन्ति:
Kartā (subject: the cows) + Kriyā
TypeAdjective + Verb
Rootस्वधा-वन् (adj.) + √स्वद् (to taste/enjoy)
धेनवःcows
धेनवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (prātipadika)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
कण्वेषुamong the Kaṇvas
कण्वेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकण्व (prātipadika)
रातयःgifts, bestowals
रातयः:
Kartā (appositional/collective subject, ‘gifts’)
TypeNoun
Rootराति (prātipadika)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
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