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Rig Veda 8.17.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 17, Mantra 14

Sukta 8.17

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (Mandala 8; specific rishi not provided in input)
Devata: Vāstoṣpati / Indra (syncretic protective invocation; Indra explicitly named)
Chandas: Unknown (not inferable securely from provided excerpt alone)

वास्तोष्पते ध्रुवा स्थूणांसत्रं सोम्यानाम् । द्रप्सो भेत्ता पुरां शश्वतीनामिन्द्रो मुनीनां सखा ॥

vāstoḥ pate dhruvā sthūṇāṃsatram somyānām | drapso bhettā purāṃ śaśvatīnām indro munīnām sakhā ||

Ó Vāstoṣpati, Senhor da morada, sê o pilar firme dos que partilham o Soma. Gota (drapsa) que rompe as fortalezas de eras sem fim—Indra, amigo dos videntes silenciosos (muni)—que ele funde em nós uma habitação segura e luminosa.

वास्तोष्पतेO Lord of the dwelling (Vāstoṣpati)
वास्तोष्पते:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootवास्तोष्पति- (प्रातिपदिक; वास्तु + पति)
ध्रुवाfirm, fixed
ध्रुवा:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (predicate/attribute)
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव- (प्रातिपदिक)
स्थूणाम्of the pillars/posts
स्थूणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थूणा- (प्रातिपदिक)
सत्रम्a session; continuous rite/assembly
सत्रम्:
कर्तृ/विधेय (predicative noun)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
सोम्यानाम्of the Soma-people / of the Soma-related (ones)
सोम्यानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसोम्य- (प्रातिपदिक; सोम-सम्बन्धी)
द्रप्सःthe drop (Drápsa; a drop/bright drop)
द्रप्सः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्रप्स- (प्रातिपदिक)
भेत्ताsplitter, breaker
भेत्ता:
कर्तृ (apposition to द्रप्सः)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootभिद् (धातु) → भेत्तृ/भेत्ता (कृदन्त, तृच्/तृन्-प्रत्यय; agent noun)
पुराम्of the forts/citadels
पुराम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपुर्/पुरी- (प्रातिपदिक)
शश्वतीनाम्everlasting, long-standing
शश्वतीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशश्वत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
मुनीनाम्of the sages/seers
मुनीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सखाfriend
सखा:
कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate/apposition to इन्द्रः)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि- (प्रातिपदिक; irregular declension)

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