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Rig Veda 8.7.20: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 20

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kāṇva
Devata: Maruts/collective helpers (sudānavo; vṛktabarhiṣaḥ suggests ritual preparation for a host)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not fully verifiable from excerpt alone)

क्व नूनं सुदानवो मदथा वृक्तबर्हिषः । ब्रह्मा को वः सपर्यति ॥

kvá nūnáṃ sudānavo mádathā vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | brahmā́ kó vaḥ saparyati ||

ഹേ സുദാനവോ, ഇപ്പോൾ നിങ്ങൾ എവിടെയാണ് ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നത്—യജ്ഞാസനം (ബർഹിസ്) വിരിച്ചവരേ? ഏത് ബ്രഹ്മാ, ഏത് വചന-ജ്ഞാതാവ്, യുക്തമായ ഉപാസനയാൽ നിങ്ങളെ സേവിക്കുന്നു?

क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa (प्रश्नरूपेण ‘कुत्र’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
Adhikaraṇa (कालः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
सुदानवःO good givers (generous ones)
सुदानवः:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधनः)
TypeNoun (vocative) / Adjective used substantively
Rootसु-दानु (प्रातिपदिक: सुदानु)
मदथdo you rejoice / are you exhilarated?
मदथ:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु) / मदथ (नामधातु/क्रियापद-रूप)
वृक्तबर्हिषःO (you) whose sacrificial grass is strewn/spread
वृक्तबर्हिषः:
Sambodhana (विशेषण-सम्बोधनः सुदानवः इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (vocative) used substantively
Rootवृक्त-बर्हिस् (समास; वृक्त ‘कृत/छिन्न’ + बर्हिस् ‘कुश/बर्हि’)
ब्रह्माthe priest (brahman), the sacred utterer
ब्रह्मा:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) → ब्रह्मा (नृवाचकः ‘ब्रह्मा/ब्रह्मन्’)
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā (प्रश्नकर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रश्न)
वःof you / for you
वः:
Sampradāna (यस्य/यैः प्रति सेवा) / सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सपर्यतिserves, worships
सपर्यति:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसपर्य् (धातु: सपर्यति ‘पूजयति/सेवते’)

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