Rig Veda 8.36.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 36, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.36

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) / hymn-cycle attribution uncertain in this excerpt; refrain suggests a structured Soma praise

Devata: Indra (marutvān: Indra accompanied by Maruts)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; refrain-like cadence)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

जनिताश्वानां जनिता गवामसि पिबा सोमं मदाय कं शतक्रतो । यं ते भागमधारयन्विश्वाः सेहानः पृतना उरु ज्रयः समप्सुजिन्मरुत्वाँ इन्द्र सत्पते ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.36.5

Transliteration

janitā́śvānāṃ janitā́ gávām asi píbā sómaṃ mádāya káṃ śatakrato | yáṃ te bhāgám adhārayan víśvāḥ sehānáḥ pṛ́tanā urú jráyaḥ sám apsu-jín marútvān indra sat-pate ||

Translation

Twórcą Koni jesteś i twórcą Krów; pij Somę dla ekstazy radości, o Stupotężny. Ten udział w sile i rozkoszy, który wszystkie zmagania ugruntowały w tobie, posuwaj się naprzód z szerokim pędem zwycięstwa; zdobywaj w wodach głębin, o Indro z Marutami, panie prawdziwego bytu.

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• जनिता: begetter, progenitor
• जनिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: √जन् (जनि) / प्रातिपदिक: जनितृ-

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व-

• जनिता: begetter
• जनिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: √जन् (जनि) / प्रातिपदिक: जनितृ-

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-

• असि: you are
• असि: (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्

• पिब: drink
• पिब: (Imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पिबति)

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed drink)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-

• मदाय: for exhilaration, for intoxication
• मदाय: Sampradāna / Prayojana (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद-

• कम्: whom?/what?
• कम्: Karma (interrogative object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क- (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)

• शतक्रतो: O hundred-powered/ hundred-willed one (Indra)
• शतक्रतो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: शत-क्रतु-

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्-

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्-

• भागम्: share, portion
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग-

• अधारयन्: they placed/assigned/held (for you)
• अधारयन्: Kartā (with subject = विश्वाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारयति) with preverb अधि-

• विश्वाः: all (the gods/hosts)
• विश्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व-

• सेहानः: prevailing, overcoming
• सेहानः: Kartā (qualifier of Indra)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √सह् (सेहते) / कृत्: सेहान-

• पृतनाः: battles, hostilities
• पृतनाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृतना-

• उरु: widely, far and wide
• उरु: Viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु-

• ज्रयः: the swift one / the runner (epithet)
• ज्रयः: Kartā (appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्रय-

• समप्सुजित्: winner in the waters / conquering in the waters
• समप्सुजित्: Kartā (epithet of Indra)
• Type: Compound epithet
• Root: सम्-अप्सु-जित् (जित् < √जि)

• मरुत्वान्: accompanied by the Maruts
• मरुत्वान्: Kartā (epithet of Indra)
• Type: Adjective (possessive epithet)
• Root: मरुत्-वत्

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-

• सत्पते: O lord of the good/true (or of the clansmen)
• सत्पते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सत्-पति-