Rig Veda 8.100.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 100, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.100
Devata: Indra (with Soma as the offered power)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दधामि ते मधुनो भक्षमग्रे हितस्ते भागः सुतो अस्तु सोमः । असश्च त्वं दक्षिणतः सखा मेऽधा वृत्राणि जङ्घनाव भूरि ॥
Transliteration
dadhā́mi te mádhuno bhakṣám ágre hitás te bhāgáḥ sutó astu sómaḥ | asáś ca tváṃ dakṣiṇatáḥ sakhā́ me 'dhā vṛtrā́ṇi jaṅghanāva bhū́ri ||
Translation
われはまず汝の前に甘き滋養（madhu）の食を供う；汝の分け前はすでに定まりぬ——ソーマ（Soma）は搾られよ。しかして汝は右に坐して、わが友となれ；そのときわれらは多くの障り（vṛtrāṇi）を踏み砕かん。
Word by Word
दधामिI place / I bestow
दधामि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootधा (√धा)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रत्यय)
मधुनःof honey / of sweetness
मधुनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमधु
भक्षम्a portion to eat / food, enjoyment
भक्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ष
अग्रेin front; first; beforehand
अग्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial locative)
Rootअग्र
हिindeed / for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हितःplaced, set, appointed
हितः:
—
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootहि (√हि/√धा-सम्बद्ध ‘हित’ = स्थापित/निहित) / प्रा. ‘हित’
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रत्यय)
भागःshare, portion
भागः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभाग
सुतःpressed (as Soma)
सुतः:
—
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसु (√सु ‘to press’) → सुत
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (√अस्)
सोमःSoma (the pressed ritual drink/deity)
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
असश्चand you are / and you were
असश्च:
—
TypeVerb + Indeclinable
Rootअस् (√अस्) + च
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
दक्षिणतःfrom the right; on the right side
दक्षिणतः:
Apādāna/Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (ablatival adverb)
Rootदक्षिण
सखाfriend, companion
सखा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रा. सखा)
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अधाःthen; thereafter
अधाः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध
वृत्राणिVṛtras; obstacles/enemies
वृत्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र
जङ्घनावsmite, strike down
जङ्घनाव:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (√हन्) with intensive/reduplicated formation (Vedic) → जङ्घना-
भूरिmuch; many; abundantly
भूरि:
—
TypeAdjective/Indeclinable (quantifier)
Rootभूरि
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Chanting Notes
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