Rig Veda 8.92.18: Mandala 8, Sukta 92, Mantra 18

Sukta 8.92

Rishi: Unknown/uncertain in provided input; requires Anukramaṇī collation.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; requires metrical verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विद्मा हि यस्ते अद्रिवस्त्वादत्तः सत्य सोमपाः । विश्वासु दस्म कृष्टिषु ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.92.18

Transliteration

vidmā́ hí yás te adrivaḥ tvā́dattaḥ satya somapāḥ | víśvāsu dasma kṛ́ṣṭiṣu ||

Translation

ఎందుకంటే, ఓ అద్రివస్ (శిల/వజ్రధారి)! ఓ సత్య సోమపాః! ఓ దస్మ (అద్భుతుడా)! మేము తెలుసు—నిజంగా నీకే అర్పింపబడినవాడు/నీకు సమర్పితుడైనవాడు, సమస్త కృష్ణ్టిషు (ప్రజలలో) నీ వాడే.

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Word by Word

• विद्मा: we two know
• विद्मा: Kartā (implicit ‘we two’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ ‘to know’)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (of the relative clause) / correlates with ‘सत्यः सोमपाः’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (relative pronoun)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (2nd person pronoun)

• अद्रिवः: O stone-possessor (bearing the pressing-stones)
• अद्रिवः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अद्रि- + वस् (possessive suffix) → अद्रिवस्-

• त्वात्: from you
• त्वात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (2nd person pronoun)

• अदत्तः: has given / gave
• अदत्तः: Kriyā (predicate of the relative clause); agent = ‘यः’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (डादाने/दाने ‘to give’) with preverb आ- → आ√दा

• सत्य: O true one
• सत्य: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (used as vocative)
• Root: सत्य- (from सत् ‘true’)

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinker
• सोमपाः: Kartā (apposition to ‘यः’)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सोम- + पा (agent noun) → सोमपा-

• विश्वासु: in all
• विश्वासु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: विश्व-

• दस्म: O wondrous one
• दस्म: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: दस्म-

• कृष्टिषु: among the peoples/tribes
• कृष्टिषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्टि-