Rig Veda 8.12.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 17
Sukta 8.12
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यद्वा शक्र परावति समुद्रे अधि मन्दसे । अस्माकमित्सुते रणा समिन्दुभिः ॥
Transliteration
yád vā śakra parāváti samudré ádhi mándase | asmā́kam ítsuté raṇā sám índubhiḥ ||
Translation
ഹേ ശക്രാ! നീ ദൂരെയുള്ള പരാവതിയിൽ, സമുദ്രത്തിന്മേലും ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിലും—ഞങ്ങളുടെ പിഷിത സോമത്തിൽ, ഹേ യുദ്ധവീരാ, ബിന്ദുക്കളോടുകൂടെ ചേർന്ന് ഹർഷിക്ക.
Word by Word
यत्when/if; that which
यत्:
(सम्बन्ध/निबन्धन) — ‘यदा/यत्’ इत्यर्थे
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात) अव्यय
शक्रO Śakra (Indra), O mighty one
शक्र:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान) — इन्द्रस्य
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक) < शक् (धातु) ‘समर्थ’
परावतिin the far region / far away
परावति:
अधिकरण (स्थान) — ‘दूरे’
TypeNoun
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘दूरस्थ/परदेश’
समुद्रेin the sea
समुद्रे:
अधिकरण (स्थान)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over; in/at (with loc.)
अधि:
अधिकरण-सम्बन्धे सहायकम्
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मन्दसेyou rejoice / are exhilarated
मन्दसे:
कर्तृ (त्वम् = शक्र) — क्रियापदं
TypeVerb
Rootमन्द् (धातु) ‘मद्/हर्षे/आनन्दे’ (वैदिके ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’)
अस्माकम्of us, our
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘our’
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात) अव्यय
सुतेat the pressed Soma
सुते:
अधिकरण (स्थान/अवसर) — ‘at the pressed (soma)’
TypeNoun (kṛdanta)
Rootसुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < सु (धातु) ‘सवे/प्रसवे’ → ‘pressed (Soma)’
रणाin battle, in the contest
रणा:
अधिकरण (स्थान) — ‘in battle/contest’
TypeNoun
Rootरण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘युद्ध/संघर्ष/रण’
सम्together, completely
सम्:
— (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
इन्दुभिःwith soma-drops
इन्दुभिः:
करण (instrument) — ‘with soma-drops’
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘सोम/सोमरस’
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