Rig Veda 8.7.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (context)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh; requires count

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उदीरयन्त वायुभिर्वाश्रासः पृश्निमातरः । धुक्षन्त पिप्युषीमिषम् ॥

Transliteration

udī́rayanta vāyúbhir vāśrā́saḥ pṛ́śni-mātaraḥ | dhúkṣanta pipyúṣīm íṣam ||

Translation

彼らは諸風（Vāyu）によってそれを高く掲げる――轟きわたる者ら、プリシュニー（Pṛśni）の子らは、満ちあふれる滋養（iṣa）を搾り出す。

Word by Word

• उदीरयन्त: they raise/stir up
• उदीरयन्त: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईरय् (caus. of √ईर्/√इर् ‘to set in motion, raise’)

• वायुभिः: with the winds
• वायुभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (prātipadika)

• वाश्रासः: the roaring ones
• वाश्रासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाश्र (prātipadika; ‘roaring/lowing, bellowing’)

• पृश्निमातरः: (those) whose mother is Pṛśni
• पृश्निमातरः: कर्तृ (वाश्रासः इत्यस्य विशेषण/सम्बन्धि) अथवा कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृश्नि-मातर् (tatpuruṣa/bahuvrīhi compound: ‘having Pṛśni as mother’)

• धुक्षन्त: they milk/produce
• धुक्षन्त: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धुक्ष्/√धुक्ष् (Vedic: ‘to milk, yield, produce’)

• पिप्युषीम्: the abundant (one)
• पिप्युषीम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Participle
• Root: पिप्युषी (from √प्याय्/√पि ‘to swell, be full, abound’; kṛdanta adjective ‘swelling, abundant’)

• इषम्: nourishment/refreshment
• इषम्: कर्म (पिप्युषीम् इषम् = ‘abundant nourishment’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (prātipadika; ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’)