Rig Veda 8.100.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 100, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.100

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (general ascription for Mandala 8; verse-level uncertain here)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विश्वेत्ता ते सवनेषु प्रवाच्या या चकर्थ मघवन्निन्द्र सुन्वते । पारावतं यत्पुरुसम्भृतं वस्वपावृणोः शरभाय ऋषिबन्धवे ॥

Transliteration

viśvā́ it tā te sávaneṣu pra-vā́cyā yā́ cákartha maghavan índra sunvaté | pārā́vataṃ yát puru-sambhṛtáṃ vásv apā́vṛṇoḥ śarábhāya ṛ́ṣi-bandhave ||

Translation

इंद्र, तुम जो बड़े दाता हो, तुम्हारी यह सब कहानियाँ हर जगह सुनानी चाहिए। सोम पिलाने वाले के लिए तुमने जो किया वो बताओ। तुमने दूर की खज़ाने खोले थे शरभ के लिए, जो रिशियों का अपना बंदा था।

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Word by Word

• विश्वे: all (men/ones), all
• विश्वे: Kartā (of implied ‘are/are known’ with इत्ता)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) सर्व

• इत्ता: indeed, certainly
• इत्ता: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्त (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic particle)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of you/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवनेषु: in the soma-pressings, in the libations
• सवनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in/at the pressings’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रवाच्या: to be proclaimed, worthy to be spoken forth
• प्रवाच्या: — (predicate adjective: ‘to be proclaimed’)
• Type: Adjective (gerundive) / Kṛdanta
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रवाच्य (कृत्-प्रातिपदिक; -य suffix, gerundive/fit-to-be-spoken)

• या: which, that which
• या: Karma/Viśeṣya (relative: ‘which (deed)’; links to चकर्थ)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चकर्थ: you have done, you accomplished
• चकर्थ: Kriyā (main verb of relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) (परस्मैपद) — perfect stem

• मघवन्: O bountiful one
• मघवन्: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Indra ‘bountiful’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper, vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुन्वते: to the Soma-presser, to him who presses
• सुन्वते: Sampradāna (dative: beneficiary)
• Type: Participle used as noun (to the presser)
• Root: सु (धातु ‘to press (Soma)’) → सुन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)

• पारावतम्: the far-removed (thing), the distant (treasure)
• पारावतम्: Karma (object with अपावृणोः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पारावत (प्रातिपदिक ‘far away, distant’)

• यत्: which, that (which)
• यत्: Karma (relative object: ‘which’)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुसम्भृतम्: much-stored, abundantly heaped up
• पुरुसम्भृतम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective (PPP-based)
• Root: पुरु (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत् ‘much, many’) + सम्भृत (सम्+भृ धातु; PPP) → पुरु-सम्भृत (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि adj.)

• वसु: wealth, treasure
• वसु: Karma (appositional object: ‘wealth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक ‘wealth, good’)

• अपावृणोः: you uncovered, you opened
• अपावृणोः: Kriyā (main verb of second relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + आवृ (धातु ‘to uncover/open’)

• शरभाय: for Śarabha
• शरभाय: Sampradāna (dative: for/to Śarabha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरभ (प्रातिपदिक; proper name/being ‘Śarabha’)

• ऋषिबन्धवे: to the seers’ kinsman (friend/relative of ṛṣis)
• ऋषिबन्धवे: Sampradāna (dative; in apposition to शरभाय)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) → ऋषि-बन्धु (तत्पुरुष: ‘kinsman of seers’)