Rig Veda 8.92.4 — Mandala 8, Sukta 92, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.92

Devata: Indra

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अपादु शिप्र्यन्धसः सुदक्षस्य प्रहोषिणः । इन्दोरिन्द्रो यवाशिरः ॥

Transliteration

ápādu śiprī́ ándhasaḥ su-dákṣasya pra-hóṣiṇaḥ | índor índro yávā-śiraḥ ||

Translation

ขออินทระผู้มีขากรรไกรแข็งแรง จงดื่มแก่นแท้แห่งโสมะ—ซึ่งชำนาญและคั้นอย่างอุดม; อินทระแห่งอินทุ (Indu) ผู้มีเศียรผสมด้วยข้าวบาร์เลย์: ขอความรื่นรมย์นั้นจงถูกรับเข้าในพลังของพระองค์ เพื่อชัยชนะของเรา.

Word by Word

• अपादु: having taken away / having removed
• अपादु: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपाद् (अपा-√दा ‘to give away, remove’; here as kṛdanta/adj. stem)

• शिप्र्यन्धसः: of the ‘śipri’-soma/juice (i.e., of the soma called śipri)
• शिप्र्यन्धसः: Sambandha (genitive relation: ‘of …’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: शिप्रि + अन्धस् (prātipadika; compound)

• सुदक्षस्य: of the well-skilled / very able (one)
• सुदक्षस्य: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of the well-skilled/able one’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-दक्ष (prātipadika)

• प्रहोषिणः: of the impelling / forward-urging (one)
• प्रहोषिणः: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of the forward-urging/eager one’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्र-होषिन् (from √हुष्/√होष् ‘to be eager/impel/urge’; Vedic adj. stem)

• इन्दोः: of Indu (Soma)
• इन्दोः: Sambandha (genitive: ‘of Indu/Soma’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (prātipadika)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• यवाशिरः: having barley-mixture / mixed with barley
• यवाशिरः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: यव-आशिर् (compound; āśir ‘mixture/seasoning’)