Rig Veda 8.50.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 50, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.50

Rishi: Kanva tradition (Kāṇva); specific rishi for 8.50 uncertain in this excerpt

Devata: Indra (explicit vājrin), in a Soma-linked sequence; Indra as augmenter of the sacrificer

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh/Jagatī mixture plausible in Indra hymns; exact metrical scan required

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वीरमुग्रं विविचिं धनस्पृतं विभूतिं राधसो महः । उद्रीव वज्रिन्नवतो वसुत्वना सदा पीपेथ दाशुषे ॥

Transliteration

prá vīrám ugráṃ vívicim dhana-spṛ́taṃ víbhūtiṃ rā́dhaso maháḥ | udrī́va vajrinn avató vasu-tvánā sádā pīpetha dā́śuṣe ||

Translation

Majukanlah Sang Wira yang gagah, sang pemilah (viviçi), sang peraih harta (dhanaspṛt), kelimpahan yang meluas daripada kepenuhan yang agung. Wahai pemegang vajra, bagaikan gelora yang mengangkat, Engkau sentiasa menambah bagi si pemberi (dāśuṣ) dengan kuasa kekayaan sejati (vasutvanā).

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वीरम्: hero, strong one
• वीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (prātipadika)

• उग्रम्: fierce, mighty
• उग्रम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (prātipadika)

• विविचिम्: Vivicī (a proper name/epithet)
• विविचिम्: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विविचि (prātipadika; epithet)

• धनस्पृतम्: winning/bringing wealth
• धनस्पृतम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन- + स्पृत (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-type compound)

• विभूतिम्: abundance, prosperity
• विभूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-भूति (prātipadika)

• राधसः: of bounty, of gift
• राधसः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (prātipadika)

• महः: of the great (one); of greatness
• महः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: महत्/मह (prātipadika; Vedic gen. sg. of महत्)

• उद्रीव: as if up/out; like (rising)
• उद्रीव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्- + इव (upasarga + indeclinable)

• वज्रिन्: O wielder of the vajra (Indra)
• वज्रिन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रिन् (prātipadika)

• अवतः: from help; from protection
• अवतः: Apādāna (source/point of comparison)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अवत् (prātipadika from अव ‘help, protection’)

• वसुत्वना: by wealth; through riches
• वसुत्वना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु-त्वन (prātipadika; instrumental of abstract/quality noun)

• सदा: always
• सदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (avyaya)

• पीपेथ: you have drunk; you have drunk deeply/sated yourself
• पीपेथ: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (pā ‘to drink’; reduplicated perfect)

• दाशुषे: to the worshipper/giver (patron)
• दाशुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: √दाश् (dāś ‘to worship/give’; perf. participial stem दाश्वस्) → दाशुष् (prātipadika)