Rig Veda 8.32.6 — Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.32

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदि मे रारणः सुत उक्थे वा दधसे चनः । आरादुप स्वधा गहि ॥

Transliteration

yádi me rāŕaṇaḥ sutá ukthe vā dádhase cánaḥ | ārā́d úpa svadhā́ gáhi ||

Translation

माझा पिळलेला सोम तुला आनंद देत असेल—माझ्या उक्थ (स्तुती-गान)ातही तू आपले स्थान धरीत असशील—तर आपल्या स्वधेनुसार, जवळ ये; अगदी निकटूनच आमच्यात प्रवेश कर.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• मे: of me / to me
• मे: Sampradāna (possessor/beneficiary) / sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (asmad)

• रा॒रणः: delight / gladdening (thing)
• रा॒रणः: Kartā (subject) (of implied ‘is/has been’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रा॒रण (prātipadika; Vedic)

• सु॒तः: pressed (Soma)
• सु॒तः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject) / viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √सु (sū) ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत (PPP)

• उ॒क्थे: in the hymn / in the recitation
• उ॒क्थे: Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘in/at the hymn’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ (prātipadika)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (avyaya)

• दधसे: you place / you bestow
• दधसे: Kriyā (verbal action); implied Kartā = ‘you’ (Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (dhā) ‘to place, set’

• चनः: indeed for us / to us
• चनः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable + Pronoun (enclitic)
• Root: चन (Vedic particle) + नः (asmad)

• आ॒रात्: from nearby / near
• आ॒रात्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ॒रात् (avyaya)

• उप: towards / near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: उप (avyaya)

• स्व॒धा: with svadhā (own power/ritual potency)
• स्व॒धा: Karaṇa (means/attendant power) / manner
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (prātipadika; ritual term)

• गहि: come
• गहि: Kriyā; implied Kartā = ‘you’ (Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (gam) ‘to go, come’