Rig Veda 8.70.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 70, Mantra 15
Sukta 8.70
Devata: Indra (sukta context), with explicit patron-figure praise (Karṇagṛhyā)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कर्णगृह्या मघवा शौरदेव्यो वत्सं नस्त्रिभ्य आनयत् । अजां सूरिर्न धातवे ॥
Transliteration
karṇagṛ́hyā maghávā śauradevyó vatsáṃ nas tribhyá ā́nayat | ajā́ṃ sūrír ná dhā́tave ||
Translation
कर्णगृह्य नाम का इंसान जो बड़ा दाता था, वो तीन जगह से हमारे लिए बच्चा लाया। उसने बकरी लाई, जैसे कोई अच्छा मालिक अपने लोगों के लिए कुछ लाता है।
Word by Word
कर्णगृह्याःear-graspable (i.e., to be held by the ears)
कर्णगृह्याः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-पदस्य) / Kartā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्ण-गृह्य (प्रातिपदिक; कर्ण ‘ear’ + √ग्रह् ‘to seize’ → गृह्य ‘to be grasped/held’)
मघवाthe bountiful one (Indra)
मघवा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
शौरदेव्यःheroic/divine (fem. pl.; of the cows)
शौरदेव्यः:
विशेषण (कर्णगृह्याः इत्यस्य) / Kartā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootशौरदेव्य (प्रातिपदिक; शौर ‘heroic’ + देव ‘divine’)
वत्सम्a calf
वत्सम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive of possession/interest)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्रिभ्यःto/for the three
त्रिभ्यः:
Sampradāna (recipient) (contextual)
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
अनयत्brought/led
अनयत्:
(मुख्यक्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नयति) + आ-
अजाम्a she-goat
अजाम्:
Karma (object of implied verb, or appositionally linked to the gift)
TypeNoun
Rootअजा (प्रातिपदिक)
सूरिःthe patron/giver
सूरिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
उपमान-निर्देशक (comparative particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
धातवेto place/set; to bestow (for giving/establishing)
धातवे:
प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य (purpose)
TypeVerb (infinitive)
Root√धा (धाति/दधाति) → धातु (infinitive in -तवे)
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