Rig Veda 8.12.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 32

Sukta 8.12

Devata: Indra (probable, by hymn sequence and shared refrain ‘pra adhvare’)

Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदस्य धामनि प्रिये समीचीनासो अस्वरन् । नाभा यज्ञस्य दोहना प्राध्वरे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.12.32

Transliteration

yád asya dhā́mani priyé samīcīnā́so ásvaran | nā́bhā yajñásya dohanā́ prá adhvaré ||

Translation

جب اس کے محبوب اقتدار کے آسران پر، صحیح راستے پر چلنے والے ایک ساتھ آواز اٹھاتے ہیں، تب یگیہ کے دودھ دینے والی گائیں اس کے ناف سے اپنے دودھ کی دھاریں بہاتی ہیں، یگیہ کی حرکت میں آگے بڑھتی ہیں۔

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Word by Word

• यत्: which, what
• यत्: Karma (of अस्वरन्; ‘that which/what’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• धामनि: in (his) abode/seat; in the domain
• धामनि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (prātipadika)

• प्रियॆ: in the dear/beloved (place)
• प्रियॆ: Adhikaraṇa (locative of sphere; ‘in the dear/beloved [place]’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (prātipadika)

• समीचीनासः: harmonious, well-directed (ones)
• समीचीनासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीचीन (prātipadika; from सम् + अञ्च् ‘to go/turn’ > ‘facing/going together, fitting’)

• अस्वरन्: they sounded/sang; they resounded
• अस्वरन्: Kriyā (with Kartā = समीचीनासः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वर् (धातु; ‘to sound, resound, sing’)

• नाभा: as/with the navel; as the hub/center
• नाभा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (prātipadika)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (prātipadika)

• दोहना: milking; drawing (out), extraction
• दोहना: Karma / Apposition (thing ‘milking/drawing’ related to the rite)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोहना (prātipadika; action-noun from दुह् ‘to milk’)

• प्राध्वरे: in the forward/foremost rite; in the sacrifice
• प्राध्वरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative phrase)
• Root: अध्वर (prātipadika; ‘sacrificial rite’), with preverb प्र-