Rig Veda 4.17.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 17, Mantra 6
Sukta 4.17
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सत्रा सोमा अभवन्नस्य विश्वे सत्रा मदासो बृहतो मदिष्ठाः । सत्राभवो वसुपतिर्वसूनां दत्रे विश्वा अधिथा इन्द्र कृष्टीः ॥
Transliteration
satrā́ sómā abhavann asyá víśve satrā́ mádāso bṛható mádiṣṭhāḥ | satrā́bhavo vásupatir vásūnāṃ dátre víśvā adhithā indra kṛṣṭī́ḥ ||
Translation
सत्रा सोमाः अस्य विश्वे अभवन्; सत्रा मदासो बृहतो मदिष्ठाः। सत्राभवो वसुपतिर्वसूनां; दत्रे विश्वा अधिथा इन्द्र कृष्टीः।
Word by Word
सत्राalways, continually
सत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/प्रकार) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसत्रा (अव्यय) < *satram (PIE/IE adv. sense: ‘continually’)
सोमाःSoma-juices / Soma (draughts)
सोमाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
अभवन्became, came to be
अभवन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
अस्यof him / of this (Indra)
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वेall (of them)
विश्वे:
Kartā (apposition to सोमाः) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
सत्राalways
सत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/प्रकार) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसत्रा (अव्यय)
मदासःraptures, intoxications
मदासः:
Kartā (understood ‘were’) / apposition
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘intoxication/rapture’)
बृहतःgreat
बृहतः:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
मदिष्ठाःmost exhilarating
मदिष्ठाः:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootमदिष्ठ (superlative adj. from मद ‘to be exhilarated’)
सत्राalways
सत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसत्रा (अव्यय)
अभवःyou became
अभवः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
वसुपतिःlord of wealth
वसुपतिः:
Kartā (predicate-nominative to ‘त्वम्/इन्द्रः’)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु-पति (समास; वसु + पति)
वसूनाम्of riches
वसूनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
दत्रेO giver
दत्रे:
Sambodhana (address) / विशेषण of इन्द्र
TypeNoun (agent-noun) / epithet
Rootदत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘giver’, from √दा ‘to give’)
विश्वाःall
विश्वाः:
Karma (object) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिथाःyou have set/placed, established
अधिथाः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा with preverb अधि- (अधि + धा)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कृष्टीःpeoples, tribes
कृष्टीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘people, tribes’)
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