Rig Veda 8.77.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 77, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.77
Devata: Indra (imperative request); with an epithet invoking Ṛbhu-like craftsmanship/steadfastness
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तेन स्तोतृभ्य आ भर नृभ्यो नारिभ्यो अत्तवे । सद्यो जात ऋभुष्ठिर ॥
Transliteration
téna stotṛ́-bhya ā́ bhara nṛ́-bhyo nā́ri-bhyo áttave | sadyó jātá ṛbhu-sthira ||
Translation
Ею принеси певцам; принеси мужам и женам — пищу свершения, чтобы вкушать; ибо ты, Рибхуштхира, твёрд в искусстве, рождённый тотчас, в самый миг.
Word by Word
तेनby that; with that
तेन:
करण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तेन (तृतीया एकवचन)
स्तोतृभ्यःto the praisers
स्तोतृभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोतृ (√स्तु ‘to praise’ से कर्तृ-प्रातिपदिक)
आhither; forth (as verbal preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भरbring!; bear!
भर:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरति)
नृभ्यःto the men
नृभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
नारिभ्यःto the women
नारिभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootनारि (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; ‘woman’)
अत्तवेfor eating; to eat
अत्तवे:
प्रयोजन (उद्देश्य)
TypeVerbal noun (Infinitive)
Root√अद् (अत्ति ‘to eat’) → अत्तु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + -वे
सद्यःimmediately; straightway
सद्यः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
जातःborn; having been born
जातः:
कर्तृ (क्रियाविशेषण/विशेष्य)
TypeParticiple
Root√जन् (जायते ‘to be born’) → जात (क्त-प्रत्यय)
ऋभुष्ठिःR̥bhuṣṭhi (a name/epithet, ‘R̥bhu-steadfast/standing with the R̥bhus’)
ऋभुष्ठिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootऋभु-ष्ठि (प्रातिपदिक; RV-विशेष नाम/विशेषण)
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