Rig Veda 8.13.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 32
Sukta 8.13
Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input
Devata: Indra (with Soma and yajña as operative powers)
Chandas: Likely Trishtubh (needs scansion)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वृषा ग्रावा वृषा मदो वृषा सोमो अयं सुतः । वृषा यज्ञो यमिन्वसि वृषा हवः ॥
Transliteration
vṛ́ṣā grā́vā vṛ́ṣā mádo vṛ́ṣā sómo ayáṃ sutáḥ | vṛ́ṣā yajñó yám invasi vṛ́ṣā hávaḥ ||
Translation
वृषभ-सा है ग्रावा (सोम-पेषण-पत्थर), वृषभ-सा है मद (उन्माद); वृषभ-सा है यह निचोड़ा हुआ सोम। वृषभ-सा है वह यज्ञ जिसे तुम प्रवर्तित करते हो; वृषभ-सा है यह हवः (आह्वान)।
Word by Word
वृषाmighty, bull-like
वृषा:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘ग्रावा/मदः/सोमः/यज्ञः/हविः’ इत्यादीनां)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृष् ‘वर्षणे/सेचने’ (वृद्धि-प्रयोगः ‘वृषन्’ = ‘बलवान्/वृषभः’)
ग्रावाthe pressing-stone
ग्रावा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootग्रावन्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘सोमपेषण-शिला’
वृषाmighty
वृषा:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
मदःintoxication, exhilaration
मदः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमद- (प्रातिपदिक) < √मद् ‘हर्षे/मादे’
वृषाmighty
वृषा:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma (the pressed sacred drink)
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक) < √सु ‘अभिषवे’ (सुत-सम्बन्धः)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Kartā (सह-सम्बन्धः ‘सोमः’ इत्यस्य निर्देशः)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed, expressed
सुतः:
Kartā (विशेषणम् ‘सोमः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुत- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < √सु ‘अभिषवे’ + क्त (PPP)
वृषाmighty
वृषा:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञःsacrifice, ritual
यज्ञः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक) < √यज् ‘देवपूजासङ्गतिकरणदानेषु’
यम्whom/which
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्वसिyou set in motion / you impel
इन्वसि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√इन्/इन्व् ‘प्रेरणे/बलवर्धने’
वृषाmighty
वृषा:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
हविःoblation, offering
हविः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘आहुति-द्रव्य’
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