Rig Veda 8.17.5 — Mandala 8, Sukta 17, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.17

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (Mandala 8; specific rishi not provided in input)

Devata: Indra (Soma-drinker)

Chandas: Unknown (not inferable securely from provided excerpt alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ ते सिञ्चामि कुक्ष्योरनु गात्रा वि धावतु । गृभाय जिह्वया मधु ॥

Transliteration

ā te siñcāmi kukṣyor anu gātrā vi dhāvatu | gṛbhāya jihvayā madhu ||

Translation

Into thy belly I pour it; let it run and spread through all thy limbs. Take it with the tongue—the honeyed sweetness—so that delight may permeate and quicken the whole being.

Word by Word

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun stem)

• सिञ्चामि: I pour; I sprinkle
• सिञ्चामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (सिञ्चति) / sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’

• कुक्ष्योः: in (your) two bellies/flanks
• कुक्ष्योः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्षि- (prātipadika) ‘belly, womb, flank’

• अनु: along; following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / anu

• गात्रा: the limbs
• गात्रा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र- (prātipadika) ‘limb, body-part’

• वि: apart; widely; forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / vi

• धावतु: let it run/flow
• धावतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव् (धावति) / dhāv ‘to run, flow, stream’

• गृभाय: for grasping; to seize
• गृभाय: Prayojana (purpose)
• Type: Verbal noun (Infinitive)
• Root: गृह्/गृभ् (Vedic) ‘to seize, grasp’ → infinitive in -āya

• जिह्वया: with the tongue
• जिह्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा- (prātipadika) ‘tongue’

• मधु: honey; sweetness (mead)
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु- (prātipadika) ‘honey; sweet drink; Soma-sweetness’