Rig Veda 8.14.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 14, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.14

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like shorter meter in this opening (exact scansion required)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

व्यन्तरिक्षमतिरन्मदे सोमस्य रोचना । इन्द्रो यदभिनद्वलम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.14.7

Transliteration

vy àntárikṣam atiran máde sómasya rocanā́ | índro yád abhinad valám ||

Translation

Dalam ekstasi Soma, Indra melampaui ruang antara—antariksa—dan hamparan cahayanya, tatkala baginda membelah gua Vala.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (upasarga)

• अन्तरिक्षम्: the mid-air, atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (prātipadika)

• अतिरन्: they crossed, passed beyond
• अतिरन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-√ऋ (ऋ गतौ) / Vedic: √अर् ‘to go, pass’

• मदे: in intoxication, in exhilaration
• मदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (prātipadika)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• रोचना: the shining realms/lights
• रोचना: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोचना (prātipadika; from √रुच् ‘to shine’)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि- (upasarga)

• अनद्: he roared, thundered
• अनद्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नद् (नद् शब्दे) with अ- augment

• वलम्: Vala (the cave/demon enclosing the cows)
• वलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल (prātipadika)