Rig Veda 8.100.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 100, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.100
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (general ascription for Mandala 8; verse-level uncertain here)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वेत्ता ते सवनेषु प्रवाच्या या चकर्थ मघवन्निन्द्र सुन्वते । पारावतं यत्पुरुसम्भृतं वस्वपावृणोः शरभाय ऋषिबन्धवे ॥
Transliteration
viśvā́ it tā te sávaneṣu pra-vā́cyā yā́ cákartha maghavan índra sunvaté | pārā́vataṃ yát puru-sambhṛtáṃ vásv apā́vṛṇoḥ śarábhāya ṛ́ṣi-bandhave ||
Translation
विश्वेत्त ते सवनेषु प्रवाच्या या चकर्थ मघवन्निन्द्र सुन्वते। पारावतं यत्पुरुसम्भृतं वस्वपावृणोः शरभाय ऋषिबन्धवे॥
Word by Word
विश्वेall (men/ones), all
विश्वे:
Kartā (of implied ‘are/are known’ with इत्ता)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) सर्व
इत्ताindeed, certainly
इत्ता:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्त (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic particle)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘of you/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सवनेषुin the soma-pressings, in the libations
सवनेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in/at the pressings’)
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रवाच्याto be proclaimed, worthy to be spoken forth
प्रवाच्या:
— (predicate adjective: ‘to be proclaimed’)
TypeAdjective (gerundive) / Kṛdanta
Rootप्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रवाच्य (कृत्-प्रातिपदिक; -य suffix, gerundive/fit-to-be-spoken)
याwhich, that which
या:
Karma/Viśeṣya (relative: ‘which (deed)’; links to चकर्थ)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चकर्थyou have done, you accomplished
चकर्थ:
Kriyā (main verb of relative clause)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) (परस्मैपद) — perfect stem
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Indra ‘bountiful’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper, vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सुन्वतेto the Soma-presser, to him who presses
सुन्वते:
Sampradāna (dative: beneficiary)
TypeParticiple used as noun (to the presser)
Rootसु (धातु ‘to press (Soma)’) → सुन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)
पारावतम्the far-removed (thing), the distant (treasure)
पारावतम्:
Karma (object with अपावृणोः)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपारावत (प्रातिपदिक ‘far away, distant’)
यत्which, that (which)
यत्:
Karma (relative object: ‘which’)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुसम्भृतम्much-stored, abundantly heaped up
पुरुसम्भृतम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective (PPP-based)
Rootपुरु (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत् ‘much, many’) + सम्भृत (सम्+भृ धातु; PPP) → पुरु-सम्भृत (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि adj.)
वसुwealth, treasure
वसु:
Karma (appositional object: ‘wealth’)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक ‘wealth, good’)
अपावृणोःyou uncovered, you opened
अपावृणोः:
Kriyā (main verb of second relative clause)
TypeVerb
Rootअप + आवृ (धातु ‘to uncover/open’)
शरभायfor Śarabha
शरभाय:
Sampradāna (dative: for/to Śarabha)
TypeNoun
Rootशरभ (प्रातिपदिक; proper name/being ‘Śarabha’)
ऋषिबन्धवेto the seers’ kinsman (friend/relative of ṛṣis)
ऋषिबन्धवे:
Sampradāna (dative; in apposition to शरभाय)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) → ऋषि-बन्धु (तत्पुरुष: ‘kinsman of seers’)
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