Rig Veda 8.59.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 59, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.59

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इमानि वां भागधेयानि सिस्रत इन्द्रावरुणा प्र महे सुतेषु वाम् । यज्ञेयज्ञे ह सवना भुरण्यथो यत्सुन्वते यजमानाय शिक्षथः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.59.1

Transliteration

imā́ni vāṃ bhāga-dhéyāni sisrate indrā́varuṇā prá mahé sutéṣu vām | yajñé-yajñe ha sávanā bhuraṇyátho yát sunvaté yajámānāya śíkṣathaḥ ||

Translation

These destined shares flow toward you two, O Indra and Varuṇa, for your greatness in the pressed Soma. In sacrifice after sacrifice you hasten to the pressings; and you instruct and foster the sacrificer who presses, so he may grow into the right offering.

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Word by Word

• इमानि: these
• इमानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: of you two / for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भागधेयानि: shares, allotted portions (offerings)
• भागधेयानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागधेय (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिस्रत: let (them) flow / stream
• सिस्रत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (धातु)

• इन्द्रावरुणा: O Indra and Varuṇa
• इन्द्रावरुणा: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र + वरुण (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्व)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• महे: for the great (one/act)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मह्/महि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतेषु: among the pressed (Soma draughts)
• सुतेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (√सु ‘to press’ → सुत ‘pressed Soma’)

• वाम्: to you two / your
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञे: in (each) sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञे: in (each) sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed
• ह: Discourse-particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• सवना: pressings, Soma-rites
• सवना: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• भुरण्यथः: you two are swift/impetuous
• भुरण्यथः: Kartā (as predicate of the addressed dual)
• Type: Adjective (predicative) / verbal adjective
• Root: भुरण्यु (प्रातिपदिक) / भुरण्य (विशेषण-आधार)

• अथो: and then / moreover
• अथो: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)

• यत्: what(ever)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुन्वते: to the presser (of Soma)
• सुन्वते: Sampradāna
• Type: Participle (present active) used as noun
• Root: सुन्वत् (√सु ‘to press’ → वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• यजमानाय: to the sacrificer
• यजमानाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिक्षथः: you two grant/teach, bestow
• शिक्षथः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिक्ष् (धातु)