Rig Veda 9.65.8: Mandala 9, Sukta 65, Mantra 8
Sukta 9.65
Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with explicit relation to Indra as drinker)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्य वर्णं मधुश्चुतं हरिं हिन्वन्त्यद्रिभिः । इन्दुमिन्द्राय पीतये ॥
Transliteration
yásya várṇaṃ madhuścútaṃ hárim hinvánty ádribhiḥ | índum índrā́ya pītáye ||
Translation
જેનુ વર્ણ મધુ-સ્રાવક છે, હરિ (તામ્ર-સુવર્ણ) છે—જેનને અદ્રિ (પેષણ-પથ્થરો) વડે પ્રેરિત કરે છે; એ ઇન્દુને ઇન્દ્ર માટે પીવા અર્પે છે.
Word by Word
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वर्णम्color, appearance
वर्णम्:
कर्म (of ‘hinvanti’)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुश्चुतम्honey-dripping, sweet-flowing
मधुश्चुतम्:
कर्म-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Rootमधु-च्युत (कृदन्त; च्युत = √च्यु ‘to drip, fall’ + क्त)
हरिम्tawny, golden (one)
हरिम्:
कर्म (apposition to ‘वर्णम्’ / object-qualifier)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
हिन्वन्तिthey impel, they set in motion
हिन्वन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हिन्/हिन्व् (to impel, set in motion)
अद्रिभिःwith stones (pressing-stones)
अद्रिभिः:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्दुम्the Soma drop
इन्दुम्:
कर्म (understood object: ‘(they press/prepare) the Soma-drop’)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान (purpose: ‘for drinking’)
TypeNoun
Rootपीति (प्रातिपदिक; action-noun from √पा ‘to drink’)
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