Rig Veda 8.21.5 — Mandala 8, Sukta 21, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.21
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सीदन्तस्ते वयो यथा गोश्रीते मधौ मदिरे विवक्षणे । अभि त्वामिन्द्र नोनुमः ॥
Transliteration
sīdántas te váyo yáthā góśrīte mádhau madiré vivákṣaṇe | abhí tvām índra nonumaḥ ||
Translation
汝の諸力がわれらの内に坐すとき――牛に富む甘美のうちに、識別の酔える蜜のうちに、光線が憩うがごとく――われらは汝へと迫り、汝へと駆り立てられる。インドラよ、われらは汝を呼び求める。
Word by Word
सीदन्तःsitting down, taking their seats
सीदन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√सद् (sīdati) / धातु √सद् ‘उपवेशन’
तेthey / those (your)
ते:
Kartā (with participle)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयःthe birds; the flock (lit. ‘birds’)
वयः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘ते’)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
गोश्रीतेin/at the cow-stall; at the cattle-shelter (lit. ‘rested on cows’)
गोश्रीते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootगो- + श्री (√श्रि ‘आश्रय/आलम्बन’) → गोश्रीत (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
मधौin honey; in sweetness
मधौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
मदिरेintoxicating
मदिरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootमदिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
विवक्षणेat the utterance/invocation; at the call
विवक्षणे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवि-√वच् ‘विशेषेण वचन/उच्चारण’ → विवक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नोनुमःwe urge/press on; we repeatedly invoke (you)
नोनुमः:
— (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√नु (नवते/नुनोति) ‘स्तु/प्रेरण’ (वेदिक पुनरुक्त-आवृत्तिः: नो-नु-)
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