Rig Veda 8.6.48 — Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 48

Sukta 8.6

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (hymn context)

Devata: Indra (frame) with human exemplum (Kakuha) in dānastuti

Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh-family; requires count

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उदानट् ककुहो दिवमुष्ट्राञ्चतुर्युजो ददत् । श्रवसा याद्वं जनम् ॥

Transliteration

úd ānaṭ kakuhó dívam uṣṭrā́ṃ catur-yújo dádat | śrávasā yā́dvaṃ jánam ||

Translation

Kakuha rose up to heaven, giving camels yoked fourfold; by the power of fame he uplifted the Yādva people—an image of ascent through generous force and widening renown.

Word by Word

• उद्: up, out, upward
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) / ud-

• आनट्: he/it sounded forth, resounded
• आनट्: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नट् (धातु; नट्/नद्-समूहः, ‘ध्वनिते/निनादयति’ इत्यर्थे वैदिके) / √naṭ

• ककुहः: the summit/peak (crest)
• ककुहः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुह (प्रातिपदिक) / kakúha-

• दिवम्: the heaven, sky
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) / dyú-

• उष्ट्रान्: camels
• उष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक) / uṣṭrá-

• चतुर्योजः: four-yoked (in teams of four)
• चतुर्योजः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + योज (प्रातिपदिक; योज ‘yoked/teams’) / catur- + yója-

• ददत्: giving, bestowing
• ददत्: Kartā (participial, agreeing with implied agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) / √dā (to give)

• श्रवसा: with fame, by renown
• श्रवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक) / śrávas-

• याद्वम्: Yādva, belonging to the Yadus
• याद्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याद्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘यदु-सम्बद्ध’) / yādvá-

• जनम्: people, tribe
• जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) / jána-