Rig Veda 8.66.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 66, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.66
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न यं दुध्रा वरन्ते न स्थिरा मुरो मदे सुशिप्रमन्धसः । य आदृत्या शशमानाय सुन्वते दाता जरित्र उक्थ्यम् ॥
Transliteration
ná yaṃ dudhrā́ várante ná sthirā́ muró máde suśiprám ándhasaḥ | yá ā́dṛtyā śaśamānā́ya sunváte dā́tā jaritré ukthyám ||
Translation
搾り出された歓喜（ソーマ）の恍惚にあるとき、いかなる抗する力も彼を押しとどめず、堅固な障碍も彼を縛らない――彼は慎みて顧み、忍び強く搾る者と讃える魂（jaritṛ）に、讃歌の力（ukthya）を与える施与者となる。
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दुध्राःthe unshaken/unyielding (ones)
दुध्राः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदुध्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अचल/अविचल’ इत्यर्थे, वैदिक)
वरन्तेchoose / prefer
वरन्ते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणोति ‘choose, prefer’)
नnor
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
स्थिराःthe firm/steadfast (ones)
स्थिराः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootस्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
मुरःMura (a foe/demon)
मुरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमुर (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक ‘विरोधी/असुर’ नाम)
मदेin intoxication / in exhilaration
मदे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
सुशिप्रम्the fair-cheeked / handsome-jawed (one)
सुशिप्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सु’ उपसर्ग + शिप्र ‘हनु/गण्ड’)
अन्धसःof the Soma-juice / of the draught
अन्धसः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक; सोमरस/रस)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आदृत्याhaving honored / respectfully
आदृत्या:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeVerbal indeclinable (gerund)
Rootआ-√दृ (धातु; ‘आदर/मान’—वैदिक प्रयोग), क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)
शशमानायto the striving/zealous (one)
शशमानाय:
Sampradāna
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Root√शम् (शमयति/शाम्यति; वैदिक ‘शशमान’ = ‘श्रमणशील/उत्सुक/प्रयतमान’), शशमान (प्रातिपदिक)
सुन्वतेto the Soma-presser
सुन्वते:
Sampradāna
TypeParticiple (present)
Root√सु (सुनोति ‘press (Soma)’), शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त ‘सुन्वत्’
दाताthe giver
दाता:
Kartā
TypeAgent noun
Root√दा (ददाति ‘give’), तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘दातृ’ (प्रातिपदिक)
जरित्रेto the singer/praiser
जरित्रे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तोतृ’)
उक्थ्यम्a hymn-worthy (gift) / praise-worthy (thing)
उक्थ्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootउक्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उक्थ’ स्तोत्रसम्बद्ध)
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