Rig Veda 8.32.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 19
Sukta 8.32
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि षू चर स्वधा अनु कृष्टीनामन्वाहुवः । इन्द्र पिब सुतानाम् ॥
Transliteration
ví ṣū́ cara svadhā́ ánu kṛṣṭīnā́m ánv āhúvaḥ | índra píba sutā́nām ||
Translation
స్వధా నియమానుసారం మనుష్యుల నివాసాలలో విస్తరించి వేగంగా సంచరించు, వారి ఆహ్వానాలను అనుసరిస్తూ. ఓ ఇంద్రా, సు-తాన (మంచిగా పిండిన) సోమాన్ని పానము చేయి.
Word by Word
विapart, forth, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
षूquickly, at once
षू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (avyaya)
चरmove, go, roam
चर:
Kartā (implied ‘you’)
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
स्वधाsvadhā; own power/impulse; ritual ‘svadhā’
स्वधा:
Karaṇa (manner/instrumental sense: ‘by/with svadhā’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (prātipadika)
अनुafter, along, according to
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (upasarga/avyaya)
कृष्टीनाम्of the peoples, of the tribes
कृष्टीनाम्:
Adhikaraṇa (domain: ‘among/with respect to the peoples’)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्टि (prātipadika)
अनुafter, following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (upasarga/avyaya)
आहुवःthey have called/invoked
आहुवः:
Kartā (explicit: ‘they’ = the peoples/men)
TypeVerb
Rootहु (with ā-)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sampradāna (addressee)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
पिबdrink
पिब:
Kartā (implied ‘you’)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पिब-)
सुतानाम्of the pressed (soma-draughts)
सुतानाम्:
Karma (object-range: ‘of the pressed [soma]’ i.e., ‘of the pressings’)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootसुत (PPP from √सु ‘to press’)
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