Rig Veda 8.93.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 17

Sukta 8.93

Devata: Indra (implied by surrounding verses; praised as Vṛtrahan and Soma-partaker)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अया धिया च गव्यया पुरुणामन्पुरुष्टुत । यत्सोमेसोम आभवः ॥

Transliteration

ayā́ dhiyā́ ca gavyáyā purúnāman purúṣṭuta | yát sóme-some ā́bhavaḥ ||

Translation

अया धिया च गव्यया, पुरुणामन् पुरुष्टुत। यत् सोमेसोम आभवः॥

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Word by Word

• अया: by this (means)
• अया: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative/Instrumental) used adjectivally
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एतद्/इदम्-प्रणाली

• धिया: with (our) inspired thought/prayer
• धिया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) ‘thought, insight, prayer’

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात) समुच्चयार्थक

• गव्यया: cattle-winning / rich-in-cows
• गव्यया: करण
• Type: Adjective (used as instrument)
• Root: गव्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) < गो ‘cow’ (गव्य = ‘bovine; rich in cattle; pertaining to cows’)

• पुरूणाम्: of many (men/peoples/hosts)
• पुरूणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective (genitive plural)
• Root: पुरु (विशेषण/संज्ञा-प्रातिपदिक) ‘many, much’

• पुरुष्टुत: O much-praised one
• पुरुष्टुत: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative)
• Root: पुरु-स्तुत (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास) ‘much-praised’

• यत्: since / because
• यत्: —
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम) / यत् (सम्बन्धबोधक) relative

• सोमे: in Soma (the Soma-rite / Soma-drink)
• सोमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (पुं. प्रातिपदिक) ‘Soma’

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto / forth
• आ: —
• Type: Preverb
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) ‘towards, unto; forth’

• अभवः: you became / you were
• अभवः: क्रिया (सम्बोधितस्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) ‘to be, become’