Rig Veda 8.46.32 - Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 32

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Rig Veda 8.46.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 32

Sukta 8.46

Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt; verse contains proper names Balbūtha, Tarukṣa typical of dānastuti passages.

Devata: Vāyu explicitly invoked; also Indra and the Gods as protectors.

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from single verse without scan.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शतं दासे बल्बूथे विप्रस्तरुक्ष आ ददे । ते ते वायविमे जना मदन्तीन्द्रगोपा मदन्ति देवगोपाः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.46.32

Transliteration

śatám dāsé balbūthé vípras tárukṣa ā́ dade | té té vāyav imé jánā madántī́ndragopā madánti devágopāḥ ||

Translation

தாசன் பல்பூதனுக்கு நூறு—ஊக்கமுற்ற விப்ரன் தருக்ஷன் அளித்தான். ஓ வாயு, இம்மக்கள் மகிழ்கின்றனர்—இந்திரன் காக்க மகிழ்கின்றனர், தேவர்கள் காக்க மகிழ்கின்றனர்—பிராணனும் ஒளிமிக்க சக்திகளும் உள்ளார்ந்த சமூகத்தை உறுதியாகக் காக்கும்போது.

Word by Word

शतम्a hundred

दासेto the Dāsa (servant/tribesman)

बल्बूथेto Balbūtha

विप्रःthe inspired poet/seer

तरुक्षःTarukṣa (name of the seer/poet)

आtowards, forth; (prefix intensifying ‘gave’)

ददेgave

तेthey

तेyou

वायविमेO Vāyu, (my/for me)

जनाःpeople

मदन्तिrejoice, are exhilarated

इन्द्रगोपाःIndra-protected (having Indra as guardian)

मदन्तिrejoice

देवगोपाःgod-protected (having the gods as guardians)

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