Rig Veda 8.48.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 48, Mantra 10

Sukta 8.48

Devata: Soma (primary) with explicit address to Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ऋदूदरेण सख्या सचेय यो मा न रिष्येद्धर्यश्व पीतः । अयं यः सोमो न्यधाय्यस्मे तस्मा इन्द्रं प्रतिरमेम्यायुः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.48.10

Transliteration

ṛdūdáreṇa sákhya saceyá yó mā ná ríṣyed dhary-aśva pītáḥ | ayáṃ yáḥ sómo ny-àdhāyy asmẹ́ tásmā índraṃ prá-tiram emy ā́yuḥ ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาจะผูกมิตรกับผู้มีท้องกว้าง (โสมะ)—ผู้ซึ่งเมื่อดื่มแล้วไม่ทำร้ายข้าพเจ้า โอ้อินทระผู้มีม้าสีน้ำตาลทอง โสมะนี้ได้ถูกตั้งไว้ภายในเรา; ด้วยสิ่งนี้ข้าพเจ้าจึงก้าวไปสู่อินทระ สู่ที่พึ่งอันมั่นคงแห่งชีวิต

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Word by Word

• ऋदूदरेण: with (one) having a generous/bountiful belly (i.e., a liberal friend)
• ऋदूदरेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋदूदर (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• सख्या: with friendship / in friendship
• सख्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सचेय: may (he) associate / may (he) be joined
• सचेय: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: not / lest
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• रिष्येत्: may (he) not be harmed / may (he) not perish
• रिष्येत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु)

• हर्यश्व: O (Indra) of tawny horses
• हर्यश्व: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: हर्यश्व (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-विशेषण)

• पीतः: having been drunk / drunk (i.e., Soma drunk)
• पीतः: Kartā (as predicate of यः) / विशेषण
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीत (कृदन्त, क्त)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: which / who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• न्यधायि: was placed down / was deposited
• न्यधायि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग)

• अस्मे: for us / to us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to him / for him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिरमे: I take delight / I rejoice (in)
• प्रतिरमे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु) + प्रति (उपसर्ग)

• एमि: I go / I approach
• एमि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)