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
牡牛のごとく力あるものは搾り石、牡牛のごとく力あるものは酔悦の歓喜、牡牛のごとく力あるものはこの搾り出されたソーマ（Soma）。牡牛のごとく力あるものは、汝が動かし起こす祭祀、牡牛のごとく力あるものは呼びかけである。
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’
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.