Rig Veda 8.100.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 100, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.100

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (general ascription for Mandala 8; verse-level uncertain here)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विश्वेत्ता ते सवनेषु प्रवाच्या या चकर्थ मघवन्निन्द्र सुन्वते । पारावतं यत्पुरुसम्भृतं वस्वपावृणोः शरभाय ऋषिबन्धवे ॥

Transliteration

viśvā́ it tā te sávaneṣu pra-vā́cyā yā́ cákartha maghavan índra sunvaté | pārā́vataṃ yát puru-sambhṛtáṃ vásv apā́vṛṇoḥ śarábhāya ṛ́ṣi-bandhave ||

Translation

กิจทั้งปวงของท่านพึงถูกประกาศในทุกพิธีคั้น (savana) โออินทระผู้เอื้อเฟื้อ เพื่อผู้รินโสมะ: ว่าท่านได้เปิดเผยทรัพย์อันไกลโพ้นซึ่งสั่งสมไว้มากเพียงใด ให้แก่ศรภะ (Śarabha) ผู้เป็นญาติแห่งฤๅษี.

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Word by Word

• विश्वे: all (men/ones), all
• विश्वे: Kartā (of implied ‘are/are known’ with इत्ता)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) सर्व

• इत्ता: indeed, certainly
• इत्ता: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्त (निपात/अव्यय; emphatic particle)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of you/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवनेषु: in the soma-pressings, in the libations
• सवनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in/at the pressings’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रवाच्या: to be proclaimed, worthy to be spoken forth
• प्रवाच्या: — (predicate adjective: ‘to be proclaimed’)
• Type: Adjective (gerundive) / Kṛdanta
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रवाच्य (कृत्-प्रातिपदिक; -य suffix, gerundive/fit-to-be-spoken)

• या: which, that which
• या: Karma/Viśeṣya (relative: ‘which (deed)’; links to चकर्थ)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चकर्थ: you have done, you accomplished
• चकर्थ: Kriyā (main verb of relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) (परस्मैपद) — perfect stem

• मघवन्: O bountiful one
• मघवन्: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Indra ‘bountiful’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper, vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुन्वते: to the Soma-presser, to him who presses
• सुन्वते: Sampradāna (dative: beneficiary)
• Type: Participle used as noun (to the presser)
• Root: सु (धातु ‘to press (Soma)’) → सुन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)

• पारावतम्: the far-removed (thing), the distant (treasure)
• पारावतम्: Karma (object with अपावृणोः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पारावत (प्रातिपदिक ‘far away, distant’)

• यत्: which, that (which)
• यत्: Karma (relative object: ‘which’)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुसम्भृतम्: much-stored, abundantly heaped up
• पुरुसम्भृतम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective (PPP-based)
• Root: पुरु (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत् ‘much, many’) + सम्भृत (सम्+भृ धातु; PPP) → पुरु-सम्भृत (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि adj.)

• वसु: wealth, treasure
• वसु: Karma (appositional object: ‘wealth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक ‘wealth, good’)

• अपावृणोः: you uncovered, you opened
• अपावृणोः: Kriyā (main verb of second relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + आवृ (धातु ‘to uncover/open’)

• शरभाय: for Śarabha
• शरभाय: Sampradāna (dative: for/to Śarabha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरभ (प्रातिपदिक; proper name/being ‘Śarabha’)

• ऋषिबन्धवे: to the seers’ kinsman (friend/relative of ṛṣis)
• ऋषिबन्धवे: Sampradāna (dative; in apposition to शरभाय)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) → ऋषि-बन्धु (तत्पुरुष: ‘kinsman of seers’)