Rig Veda 1.28.8 — Mandala 1, Sukta 28, Mantra 8
Sukta 1.28
Devata: Indra (with Vanaspati dual as instrumental supports)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ता नो अद्य वनस्पती ऋष्वावृष्वेभिः सोतृभिः । इन्द्राय मधुमत्सुतम् ॥
Transliteration
tā́ no adyá vanaspatī ṛ́ṣvā ṛ́ṣvebhíḥ sotṛ́bhiḥ | índrāya mádhu-mat sutám ||
Translation
Vós dois, ó senhores da madeira, hoje, com os fortes prensadores, espremei para Indra o Soma melífluo; que a doçura do deleite alimente em nós a força mental vitoriosa.
Word by Word
ताthose (f.)
ता:
Karma (ग्रह्य-वस्तु/उद्देश्य-वस्तु; ‘those [things]’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ता (स्त्री. बहु. प्रथमा/द्वितीया)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna (हित/लाभार्थ; ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → नः
अद्यtoday / now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
वनस्पतेO Lord of the wood (Vanaspati)
वनस्पते:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन; addressed deity/being)
TypeNoun
Rootवनस् + पति (प्रातिपदिक: वनस्पति)
ऋष्वाlofty, exalted
ऋष्वा:
Karma (ता इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋष्व (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्वेभिःwith the strong (ones)
वृष्वेभिः:
Karaṇa (साधन; ‘with/by the strong…’)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृष्व (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘strong/virile’)
सोतृभिःwith the Soma-pressers
सोतृभिः:
Karaṇa (सहकारक/साधन; ‘with the Soma-pressers’)
TypeNoun
Rootसोतुृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘presser of Soma’)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान; ‘for Indra’)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमत्सुतम्the honey-sweet pressed (Soma)
मधुमत्सुतम्:
Karma (यत् अर्प्यते/प्रस्तूयते; ‘the honeyed pressed [Soma]’)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootमधुमत् (विशेषण) + सुत (कृदन्त; √सु ‘to press’ → सुत ‘pressed’)
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