Rig Veda 8.97.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 97, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.97
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यमिन्द्र दधिषे त्वमश्वं गां भागमव्ययम् । यजमाने सुन्वति दक्षिणावति तस्मिन्तं धेहि मा पणौ ॥
Transliteration
yám indra dadhíṣe tvám áśvaṃ gā́m bhāgám ávyayam | yájamāne sunvatí dakṣiṇā́vati tásmin táṃ dhehi mā́ paṇáu ||
Translation
Whatever enduring share—horse-force, cow-light, unperishing portion—you place, O Indra: set that in the sacrificer who presses Soma and gives the offering-gift; do not lodge it in the trafficker (the spirit of barter).
Word by Word
यम्whom/which
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
दधिषेyou have placed / you bestow
दधिषे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) ‘to place, bestow’
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वम्a horse
अश्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
गाम्a cow
गाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
भागम्a share/portion
भागम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
अव्ययम्imperishable, undecaying
अव्ययम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय (प्रातिपदिक; a- + व्यय ‘loss/decay’)
यजमानेin/for the sacrificer
यजमाने:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (प्रातिपदिक)
सुन्वतिpressing (Soma)
सुन्वति:
अधिकारण
TypeParticiple
Rootसु (धातु) ‘to press (Soma)’ → शतृ-प्रत्यय ‘सुन्वत्’
दक्षिणावतिःendowed with sacrificial gifts
दक्षिणावतिः:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिणावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having dakṣiṇā-fees/gifts’)
तस्मिन्in/for him
तस्मिन्:
अधिकारण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्that (one), him
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धेहिplace! bestow!
धेहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) ‘to place, put’
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
पणौin/with a Paṇi (miser)
पणौ:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootपणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘miser, niggard, Paṇi’)
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