Rig Veda 8.93.17 — Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 17
Sukta 8.93
Devata: Indra (implied by surrounding verses; praised as Vṛtrahan and Soma-partaker)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अया धिया च गव्यया पुरुणामन्पुरुष्टुत । यत्सोमेसोम आभवः ॥
Transliteration
ayā́ dhiyā́ ca gavyáyā purúnāman purúṣṭuta | yát sóme-some ā́bhavaḥ ||
Translation
ด้วยความคิดนี้ และด้วยทัศนะอันสว่างไสว (อันนำมาซึ่งโค) โอผู้มีนามมาก ผู้เป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่ง—เพราะในโสมะ (Soma) ทุกครั้งแล้วทุกครั้งเล่า ท่านย่อมเสด็จมาปรากฏ.
Word by Word
अयाby this (means)
अया:
करण (instrument/means)
TypePronoun (Demonstrative/Instrumental) used adjectivally
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एतद्/इदम्-प्रणाली
धियाwith (our) inspired thought/prayer
धिया:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधी (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) ‘thought, insight, prayer’
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात) समुच्चयार्थक
गव्ययाcattle-winning / rich-in-cows
गव्यया:
करण
TypeAdjective (used as instrument)
Rootगव्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) < गो ‘cow’ (गव्य = ‘bovine; rich in cattle; pertaining to cows’)
पुरूणाम्of many (men/peoples/hosts)
पुरूणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective (genitive plural)
Rootपुरु (विशेषण/संज्ञा-प्रातिपदिक) ‘many, much’
पुरुष्टुतO much-praised one
पुरुष्टुत:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative)
Rootपुरु-स्तुत (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास) ‘much-praised’
यत्since / because
यत्:
—
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम) / यत् (सम्बन्धबोधक) relative
सोमेin Soma (the Soma-rite / Soma-drink)
सोमे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (पुं. प्रातिपदिक) ‘Soma’
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
आunto / forth
आ:
—
TypePreverb
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) ‘towards, unto; forth’
अभवःyou became / you were
अभवः:
क्रिया (सम्बोधितस्य)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) ‘to be, become’
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