Rig Veda 8.48.10 — Mandala 8, Sukta 48, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.48
Devata: Soma (primary) with explicit address to Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऋदूदरेण सख्या सचेय यो मा न रिष्येद्धर्यश्व पीतः । अयं यः सोमो न्यधाय्यस्मे तस्मा इन्द्रं प्रतिरमेम्यायुः ॥
Transliteration
ṛdūdáreṇa sákhya saceyá yó mā ná ríṣyed dhary-aśva pītáḥ | ayáṃ yáḥ sómo ny-àdhāyy asmẹ́ tásmā índraṃ prá-tiram emy ā́yuḥ ||
Translation
With the wide-bellied one I would enter into friendship—he who, when drunk, harms me not, O Indra of the tawny steeds. This Soma that has been set within us—by that I go forward to Indra, to the firm support of life.
Word by Word
ऋदूदरेणwith (one) having a generous/bountiful belly (i.e., a liberal friend)
ऋदूदरेण:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootऋदूदर (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
सख्याwith friendship / in friendship
सख्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
सचेयmay (he) associate / may (he) be joined
सचेय:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootसच् (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माnot / lest
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
रिष्येत्may (he) not be harmed / may (he) not perish
रिष्येत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootरिष् (धातु)
हर्यश्वO (Indra) of tawny horses
हर्यश्व:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootहर्यश्व (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-विशेषण)
पीतःhaving been drunk / drunk (i.e., Soma drunk)
पीतः:
Kartā (as predicate of यः) / विशेषण
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootपा (धातु) → पीत (कृदन्त, क्त)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwhich / who
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
न्यधायिwas placed down / was deposited
न्यधायि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग)
अस्मेfor us / to us
अस्मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मैto him / for him
तस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिरमेI take delight / I rejoice (in)
प्रतिरमे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootरम् (धातु) + प्रति (उपसर्ग)
एमिI go / I approach
एमि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
आयुःlife, lifespan
आयुः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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