Rig Veda 8.85.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 85, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.85
Rishi: Kṛṣṇa (speaker/praiser named in the verse; traditional attribution uncertain from excerpt alone)
Devata: Aśvinau (addressed as narā)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शृणुतं जरितुर्हवं कृष्णस्य स्तुवतो नरा । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥
Transliteration
śṛṇutáṃ jaritúr hávaṃ kṛ́ṣṇasya stuvató narā | mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||
Translation
హే నరౌ, స్తుతించే కృష్ణుడు—గాయకుడు—పిలుపును వినండి; మధురమైన మధు-రస సొమ పానార్థం.
Word by Word
शृणुतम्hear (you two)!
शृणुतम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
जरितुःof the singer/praiser
जरितुः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the singer’
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √जृ/जर् ‘to praise, sing’ से कर्तृ-नाम)
हवम्the call/invocation
हवम्:
कर्म (श्रृणुतम् का)
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रातिपदिक; √ह्वे/हू ‘to call, invoke’)
कृष्णस्यof Kṛṣṇa
कृष्णस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of Kṛṣṇa’
TypeAdjective (used as substantive)
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तुवतःof the praising one (who praises)
स्तुवतः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of (him) praising’
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootस्तु (धातु) → स्तुवत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त, शतृ)
नराO you two men/heroes
नरा:
सम्बोधन (addressed)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्वःof honey/sweetness
मध्वः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of sweetness / of honey’
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of Soma’
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
सम्प्रदान (दत्तव्य-प्रयोजन) — ‘for drinking’
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootपा (धातु) → पीति (कृदन्त/भाव-नाम)
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