Rig Veda 8.17.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 17, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.17
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (Mandala 8; specific rishi not provided in input)
Devata: Indra (Soma-drinker)
Chandas: Unknown (not inferable securely from provided excerpt alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ ते सिञ्चामि कुक्ष्योरनु गात्रा वि धावतु । गृभाय जिह्वया मधु ॥
Transliteration
ā te siñcāmi kukṣyor anu gātrā vi dhāvatu | gṛbhāya jihvayā madhu ||
Translation
Into thy belly I pour it; let it run and spread through all thy limbs. Take it with the tongue—the honeyed sweetness—so that delight may permeate and quicken the whole being.
Word by Word
आtowards; unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem)
सिञ्चामिI pour; I sprinkle
सिञ्चामि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसिच् (सिञ्चति) / sic ‘to pour, sprinkle’
कुक्ष्योःin (your) two bellies/flanks
कुक्ष्योः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकुक्षि- (prātipadika) ‘belly, womb, flank’
अनुalong; following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / anu
गात्राthe limbs
गात्रा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र- (prātipadika) ‘limb, body-part’
विapart; widely; forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) / vi
धावतुlet it run/flow
धावतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधाव् (धावति) / dhāv ‘to run, flow, stream’
गृभायfor grasping; to seize
गृभाय:
Prayojana (purpose)
TypeVerbal noun (Infinitive)
Rootगृह्/गृभ् (Vedic) ‘to seize, grasp’ → infinitive in -āya
जिह्वयाwith the tongue
जिह्वया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा- (prātipadika) ‘tongue’
मधुhoney; sweetness (mead)
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु- (prātipadika) ‘honey; sweet drink; Soma-sweetness’
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