Rig Veda 8.7.20: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 20

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kāṇva

Devata: Maruts/collective helpers (sudānavo; vṛktabarhiṣaḥ suggests ritual preparation for a host)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not fully verifiable from excerpt alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

क्व नूनं सुदानवो मदथा वृक्तबर्हिषः । ब्रह्मा को वः सपर्यति ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.7.20

Transliteration

kvá nūnáṃ sudānavo mádathā vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | brahmā́ kó vaḥ saparyati ||

Translation

Gdzie teraz, o dobrzy dawcy, znajdujecie swoją radość, wy, którzy rozścielacie święte siedzenie? Jaki kapłan duszy, jaki znawca słowa, służy wam z właściwym podejściem?

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Word by Word

• क्व: where?
• क्व: Adhikaraṇa (प्रश्नरूपेण ‘कुत्र’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• नूनम्: now, indeed
• नूनम्: Adhikaraṇa (कालः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)

• सुदानवः: O good givers (generous ones)
• सुदानवः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनः)
• Type: Noun (vocative) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: सु-दानु (प्रातिपदिक: सुदानु)

• मदथ: do you rejoice / are you exhilarated?
• मदथ: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु) / मदथ (नामधातु/क्रियापद-रूप)

• वृक्तबर्हिषः: O (you) whose sacrificial grass is strewn/spread
• वृक्तबर्हिषः: Sambodhana (विशेषण-सम्बोधनः सुदानवः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (vocative) used substantively
• Root: वृक्त-बर्हिस् (समास; वृक्त ‘कृत/छिन्न’ + बर्हिस् ‘कुश/बर्हि’)

• ब्रह्मा: the priest (brahman), the sacred utterer
• ब्रह्मा: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) → ब्रह्मा (नृवाचकः ‘ब्रह्मा/ब्रह्मन्’)

• कः: who?
• कः: Kartā (प्रश्नकर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रश्न)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna (यस्य/यैः प्रति सेवा) / सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• सपर्यति: serves, worships
• सपर्यति: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सपर्य् (धातु: सपर्यति ‘पूजयति/सेवते’)