Rig Veda 8.6.42: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 42

Sukta 8.6

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (Kāṇva); specific rishi not determinable from the provided verse alone

Devata: Indra (implied by ‘harayaḥ’ and the Soma-invitation context)

Chandas: Likely Jagatī/Tr̥ṣṭubh-family; exact meter requires full pada syllable count with saṃhitā accents across the hymn

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्माकं त्वा सुताँ उप वीतपृष्ठा अभि प्रयः । शतं वहन्तु हरयः ॥

Transliteration

asmā́kaṃ tvā sutā́m̐ úpa vītá-pṛṣṭhā abhí práyaḥ | śatáṃ vahantu háryaḥ ||

Translation

われらが搾りしソーマ（Soma）の歓喜に向けて、汝を近く招き奉る。光背の力――褐色の神馬らよ――百倍にて汝を供物へと運べ、歓喜がわれらのうちに成就せんことを。

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Word by Word

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतान्: pressed (Soma) (draughts)
• सुतान्: कर्म (object; ‘pressed (soma-draughts)’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुत (ppp of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’) / प्रातिपदिक: सुत-

• उप: near, towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग) direction ‘towards/near’
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वीतपृष्ठाः: having broad/spread backs
• वीतपृष्ठाः: कर्तृ (subject; qualifying हरयः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीतपृष्ठ (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; प्रातिपदिक: वीत- ‘spread/extended’ + पृष्ठ ‘back’)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग) ‘towards, unto’
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• प्रयः: refreshment, offering, nourishment
• प्रयः: कर्म (object; ‘refreshment/oblation’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: कर्म-विशेषण (measure/extent)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत (संख्यावाचक प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्तु: let (them) carry / may (they) bear
• वहन्तु: क्रिया (injunctive/imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति) ‘to carry, convey’

• हरयः: the tawny horses (of Indra)
• हरयः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)