Rig Veda 8.91.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 91, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.91

Devata: Soma (Indu) directed ‘for Indra’

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ चन त्वा चिकित्सामोऽधि चन त्वा नेमसि । शनैरिव शनकैरिवेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव ॥

Transliteration

ā́ caná tvā cikitsā́mo 'dhí caná tvā némasi | śanáir iva śanakáir ivéndrāyendo pári srava ||

Translation

Hardly do we fully discern you, hardly do we measure you; yet little by little, step by step, O Soma, flow around—flow for Indra. Let the delight permeate gradually until the being can hold it.

Word by Word

• आ: towards; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• चन: even; indeed (often with negation: ‘not even’)
• चन: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चन (particle)

• त्वा: you (thee)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun stem)

• चिकित्सामः: we notice/recognize; we take heed
• चिकित्सामः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चित् (cikits- ‘to perceive/understand; to take notice of’)

• अधि: over; upon; in addition
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (upasarga/avyaya)

• चन: even; indeed
• चन: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चन (particle)

• त्वा: you (thee)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• नेमसि: we bow (to); we do obeisance
• नेमसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नम् (nam- ‘to bow’)

• शनैः: slowly; gently
• शनैः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (indeclinable adverb)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (particle)

• शनकैः: little by little; gradually
• शनकैः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनकैः (indeclinable adverb)

• इव: as if; like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• इन्दो: O Indu (Soma-drop)
• इन्दो: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (prātipadika)

• परि: around; forth
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga/avyaya)

• स्रव: flow; stream forth
• स्रव: Kartā (imperative subject ‘you’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्रु (sru- ‘to flow’)