Rig Veda 8.24.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 16

Sukta 8.24

Devata: Indra (with Soma as empowering medium)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires pada-length verification against a metrical index)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एदु मध्वो मदिन्तरं सिञ्च वाध्वर्यो अन्धसः । एवा हि वीरः स्तवते सदावृधः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ íd u oṃ́ iti mádhvo madíntaraṃ siñcá vā́dhvaryo ándhasaḥ | evā́ hí vī́raḥ stávate sadā́vṛdhaḥ ||

Translation

Ya—curahkanlah kemanisan yang lebih memabukkan daripada sari perahan itu, wahai Adhvaryu, daripada andhas; kerana demikianlah Sang Wira dipuji—dia yang sentiasa bertambah, terus membesar dalam diri si pencari.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, in; (as preverb) toward
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• इदु: indeed, just
• इदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात) + उ (एव/उ) (निपात)

• मध्वः: of sweetness; of honey/soma
• मध्वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु

• मदिन्तरम्: more intoxicating, most gladdening
• मदिन्तरम्: कर्म (object of ‘सिञ्च’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदिन्तर (प्रातिपदिक; mad- ‘to intoxicate’ + अन्तर/तर)

• सिञ्च: pour! sprinkle!
• सिञ्च: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच्

• वा: or; and (enclitic)
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• अध्वर्यो: O Adhvaryu (officiating priest)
• अध्वर्यो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर्यु

• अन्धसः: of the soma-juice; of the pressed drink
• अन्धसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस्

• एवा: thus, just so
• एवा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात) + आ (स्वर/पदपूरण)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• वीरः: the hero (Indra)
• वीरः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर

• स्तवते: is praised / receives praise
• स्तवते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु

• सदावृधः: ever-increasing, ever-growing
• सदावृधः: विशेषण (of वीरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदा + वृध (वृध् ‘to grow’ → वृध ‘growing’)