Rig Veda 8.92.21: Mandala 8, Sukta 92, Mantra 21

Sukta 8.92

Rishi: Unknown/uncertain in provided input; requires Anukramaṇī collation.

Devata: Indra (contextually within Indra-Soma hymn); verse speaks of devāsaḥ as operators of the rite.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; requires metrical verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्रिकद्रुकेषु चेतनं देवासो यज्ञमत्नत । तमिद्वर्धन्तु नो गिरः ॥

Transliteration

tríkadrukeṣu cétanaṃ devā́so yajñám atnata | tám íd vardhantu no gíraḥ ||

Translation

In the three Kadru-bowls they stretched the sacrifice into wakeful consciousness; may our utterances indeed increase that awakened power.

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• त्रिकद्रुकेषु: in the Trikadrukas (three Soma-pressings/pressing-places)
• त्रिकद्रुकेषु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिकद्रुक (प्रातिपदिक)

• चेतनम्: the stirring/animating (power); the enlivening one
• चेतनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: चेतन (प्रातिपदिक; √चित् ‘to perceive/notice’ से)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्नत: they exerted/extended (it); they set in motion
• अत्नत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अत् (Vedic; ‘to go/extend/strive’), वर्गः भ्वादि (परस्मैपद)

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• इद्: indeed; just
• इद्: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात)

• वर्धन्तु: let (them) increase; may (they) strengthen
• वर्धन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् ‘to grow/increase’ (भ्वादि; परस्मैपद)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• गिरः: songs; hymns; praises
• गिरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)