Rig Veda 8.77.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 77, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.77
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
निराविध्यद्गिरिभ्य आ धारयत्पक्वमोदनम् । इन्द्रो बुन्दं स्वाततम् ॥
Transliteration
nír ā́vidhyad girí-bhya ā́ dhā́rayat pakvám odanám | índro bundáṃ su-ā́tatam ||
Translation
Indra drilled it out from the mountains and brought forth the cooked nourishment; he won the well-formed store—spread out in fullness—for the being’s sustenance.
Word by Word
निर्out, forth (as preverb)
निर्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिस् (उपसर्ग) → निः/निर्
आtowards, unto (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) → आ
अविध्यत्he pierced/struck
अविध्यत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√व्यध् (विध्) ‘to pierce, strike’
गिरिभ्यःfrom the mountains
गिरिभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि-
आunto, towards (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) → आ
अधारयत्he held/placed
अधारयत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धृ ‘to hold, support, place’
पक्वम्cooked, ripe
पक्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपक्व- (ppp of √पच् ‘to cook, ripen’)
ओदनम्cooked rice, food (gruel)
ओदनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootओदन-
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र-
बुन्दम्a drop/mass; (here) a lump/cluster (of food/wealth)
बुन्दम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबुन्द-
स्वाततम्well-spread, well-extended (abundantly laid out)
स्वाततम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व-आ-तत- (ppp of √तन् ‘to stretch/spread’ with आ-; lexicalized) अथवा स्वातत-
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