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
जिसका रंग शहद जैसा है, सुनहरा चमकता है। पत्थर से दबा के निकालते हैं। यह सोम रस इंद्र के लिए तैयार किया जाता है। इंद्र को पीने के लिए।
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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