Rig Veda 8.98.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 98, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.98
Rishi: Unknown/uncertain (Anukramaṇī attribution not provided in input)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or a short meter (verse is compact; confirm by scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि हि सत्य सोमपा उभे बभूथ रोदसी । इन्द्रासि सुन्वतो वृधः पतिर्दिवः ॥
Transliteration
abhí hí satyá somapā ubhé babhū́tha ródasī | indrā́si sunvató vṛdháḥ pátir diváḥ ||
Translation
For indeed, O true Soma-drinker, thou hast become master over both the worlds, Heaven and Earth. O Indra, thou art the increaser of him who presses the Soma; a lord of the luminous heights.
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
सत्यtrue, truthful
सत्य:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + य)
सोमपाःSoma-drinker (Indra)
सोमपाः:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/उद्देश्य-रूपेण)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootसोमपा (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पा ‘पिबति’)
उभेboth
उभे:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बभूथyou have become / you have been
बभूथ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma (उभे रोदसी = both worlds: heaven and earth)
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व/द्विवचन-शब्दः ‘द्यावापृथिव्यौ’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
सुन्वतःof the Soma-presser (the one who presses)
सुन्वतः:
Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (यस्य/यत्र—‘of the presser’)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootसु (धातु ‘सुनोति’ = सोमं सुत्यति) → सुन्वत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
वृधःthe increaser, the strong/growing one
वृधः:
Kartā/विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्: ‘वर्धकः/वर्धमानः’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृध् (धातु) → वृध्/वृध (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधारित ‘वर्धक/वर्धमान’)
पतिःlord, master
पतिः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven, of the sky
दिवः:
Apādāna/सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘of heaven’)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
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