Rig Veda 8.85.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 85, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.85

Rishi: Kṛṣṇa (speaker/praiser named in the verse; traditional attribution uncertain from excerpt alone)

Devata: Aśvinau (addressed as narā)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शृणुतं जरितुर्हवं कृष्णस्य स्तुवतो नरा । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥

Transliteration

śṛṇutáṃ jaritúr hávaṃ kṛ́ṣṇasya stuvató narā | mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||

Translation

Hear the call of the singer—of Krishna who praises, O heroic Twins—for the drinking of the honeyed Soma, the delight that makes the being glad and whole.

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Word by Word

• शृणुतम्: hear (you two)!
• शृणुतम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

• जरितुः: of the singer/praiser
• जरितुः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the singer’
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √जृ/जर् ‘to praise, sing’ से कर्तृ-नाम)

• हवम्: the call/invocation
• हवम्: कर्म (श्रृणुतम् का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (प्रातिपदिक; √ह्वे/हू ‘to call, invoke’)

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of Kṛṣṇa’
• Type: Adjective (used as substantive)
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तुवतः: of the praising one (who praises)
• स्तुवतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of (him) praising’
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तुवत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त, शतृ)

• नरा: O you two men/heroes
• नरा: सम्बोधन (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मध्वः: of honey/sweetness
• मध्वः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of sweetness / of honey’
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of Soma’
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीतये: for drinking
• पीतये: सम्प्रदान (दत्तव्य-प्रयोजन) — ‘for drinking’
• Type: Noun (action noun)
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीति (कृदन्त/भाव-नाम)