Rig Veda 8.69.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.69
Devata: Soma (with Purandhī as supporting power of abundance/fulfilment)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (explicitly referenced)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रप्र वस्त्रिष्टुभमिषं मन्दद्वीरायेन्दवे । धिया वो मेधसातये पुरंध्या विवासति ॥
Transliteration
prá-prá vaḥ triṣṭúbham íṣam mandád-vīrāya índave | dhiyā́ vo medhā́-sātaye purandhyā́ vívāsati ||
Translation
पुनः पुनः सा वः त्रिष्टुभमिषं मन्दद्वीराय इन्दवे प्रप्र वहति। धिया वः मेधसातये विवासति; पुरन्ध्या पूजां समर्पयति।
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
प्रforth, strongly
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वःof you (your)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem)
त्रिष्टुभम्the Triṣṭubh (metre/chant)
त्रिष्टुभम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिष्टुभ् (prātipadika)
इषम्refreshment, nourishment
इषम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootइष् (prātipadika: iṣ- ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’)
मन्दद्वीराto the hero-gladdening (one)
मन्दद्वीरा:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द (adj. ‘gladdening’) + वीर (prātipadika) → compound
इन्दवेto Indu (Soma)
इन्दवे:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (prātipadika ‘drop; Soma’)
धियाwith (our) thought/insight
धिया:
करण (means)
TypeNoun
Rootधी (prātipadika ‘thought, insight’)
वःfor you
वः:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem)
मेधसातयेfor the attainment of wisdom/skill
मेधसातये:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootमेधसा- (prātipadika ‘wisdom/skill’) + अतय (from √अत्/अति ‘to go, attain’ in noun-formation) → compound
पुरंध्याwith Purandhī (Bounty)
पुरंध्या:
करण (means/agency)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरंधि (prātipadika; name/epithet of a goddess, also ‘bounty, liberality’)
विवासतिshines forth / makes manifest
विवासति:
क्रिया (verbal action; subject implicit)
TypeVerb
Root√वास् (to shine/dwell) with vi-; Vedic verb विवासति
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