Rig Veda 8.7.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 19
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kāṇva
Devata: Maruts/Indra-associated host (addressed as sudānavo; context suggests collective powers receiving/increasing offerings)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not fully verifiable from excerpt alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इमा उ वः सुदानवो घृतं न पिप्युषीरिषः । वर्धान्काण्वस्य मन्मभिः ॥
Transliteration
imā́ u vaḥ sudānavo ghṛtáṃ ná pípyuṣīr íṣaḥ | várdhān kāṇvásya mánmabhiḥ ||
Translation
Estas vossas correntes nutridoras, ó bons doadores, como doçura clarificada, encheram-se,— fortalecidas pelas fórmulas inspiradas de Kaṇva; que as oferendas interiores cresçam em rico sustento.
Word by Word
इमाःthese (f.)
इमाः:
कर्तृ (स्तुत्यः/प्रस्तुत-वस्तु) / विषय
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → इमा-
उindeed, surely
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
वःfor you / your
वः:
सम्प्रदान (for you) / सम्बन्ध (your) (प्रसङ्गानुसार)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → वः
सुदानवःO generous ones
सुदानवः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootसु-दानु (प्रातिपदिक); दानु ‘दान/उदारता’
घृतम्ghee, clarified butter
घृतम्:
कर्म (उपमेय/उपमान-प्रयोगे) / विषय
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
पिप्युषीःswelling, full, abounding
पिप्युषीः:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (इमाः … पिप्युषीः) / विषय
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√प्याय्/पि (वृद्धौ/पूरणे) → पिप्युषी (परिपूर्णा)
ऋषःseers (ṛṣis)
ऋषः:
कर्तृ/विषय (स्तुत्याः/प्रस्तुताः) — ‘ऋषयः’
TypeNoun
Rootऋष (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ऋषि/ऋष’ (वैदिक)
वर्धान्increases, strengthenings
वर्धान्:
कर्म (what is increased/strengthened) / उद्देश्य
TypeNoun/Adjective (kṛdanta-derived)
Root√वृध् (वर्धने) → वर्धान (कृदन्त/नाम) ‘वर्धक/वृद्धि’
काण्वस्यof Kāṇva
काण्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (of Kāṇva)
TypeNoun (proper/lineage)
Rootकाण्व (प्रातिपदिक; कण्व-गोत्र/काण्व)
मन्मभिःwith hymns / with inspired thoughts
मन्मभिः:
करण (by/with hymns, thoughts)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘मनस्-प्रेरित स्तोत्र/विचार’
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.