Rig Veda 8.46.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 32

Sukta 8.46

Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt; verse contains proper names Balbūtha, Tarukṣa typical of dānastuti passages.

Devata: Vāyu explicitly invoked; also Indra and the Gods as protectors.

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from single verse without scan.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शतं दासे बल्बूथे विप्रस्तरुक्ष आ ददे । ते ते वायविमे जना मदन्तीन्द्रगोपा मदन्ति देवगोपाः ॥

Transliteration

śatám dāsé balbūthé vípras tárukṣa ā́ dade | té té vāyav imé jánā madántī́ndragopā madánti devágopāḥ ||

Translation

A hundred, to the servant Balbūtha, the inspired one Tarukṣa gave. These people, O Vāyu, rejoice—guarded by Indra they rejoice, guarded by the Gods they rejoice—when the life-breath and the luminous powers secure the inner community.

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Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (परिमाण/संख्या—‘a hundred’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• दासे: to the Dāsa (servant/tribesman)
• दासे: Sampradāna (दत्तव्य-प्राप्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रातिपदिक)

• बल्बूथे: to Balbūtha
• बल्बूथे: Sampradāna (दत्तव्य-प्राप्ता)
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: बल्बूथ (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)

• विप्रः: the inspired poet/seer
• विप्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तरुक्षः: Tarukṣa (name of the seer/poet)
• तरुक्षः: Kartā (विप्रः तरुक्षः—सम्बन्ध/विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: तरुक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम)

• आ: towards, forth; (prefix intensifying ‘gave’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• ददे: gave
• ददे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• ते: you
• ते: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• वायविमे: O Vāyu, (my/for me)
• वायविमे: Sambodhana; (मे = सम्बन्ध/सम्प्रदान-भाव ‘my/for me’)
• Type: Vocative + Pronoun (enclitic)
• Root: वायवि + मे

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Kartā (ते जना:)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदन्ति: rejoice, are exhilarated
• मदन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (हर्षे/प्रमादे)

• इन्द्रगोपाः: Indra-protected (having Indra as guardian)
• इन्द्रगोपाः: Kartā (मदन्ति—कर्ता)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + गोप (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष समास)

• मदन्ति: rejoice
• मदन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (हर्षे/प्रमादे)

• देवगोपाः: god-protected (having the gods as guardians)
• देवगोपाः: Kartā (मदन्ति—कर्ता)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: देव + गोप (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष समास)