Rig Veda 8.65.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 65, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.65
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इदं ते सोम्यं मध्वधुक्षन्नद्रिभिर्नरः । जुषाण इन्द्र तत्पिब ॥
Transliteration
idáṃ te sómyaṃ mádhv ádhukṣann ádribhir nárāḥ | juṣāṇá índra tát píba ||
Translation
This honeyed Soma they have milked out for you with the pressing-stones, O strong ones: accept it, O Indra, and drink that delight—so the sweetness may turn into victorious energy in us.
Word by Word
इदम्this (drink/thing)
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेfor you / of you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सोम्यम्soma-like, pertaining to Soma
सोम्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसोम्य (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + य)
मधुsweet drink; honey; mead
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
अधुक्षन्they milked/extracted
अधुक्षन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (धातु) → अधुक्षन्
अद्रिभिःwith stones (pressing-stones)
अद्रिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
नरःmen (pressers/priests)
नरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषाणःenjoying; taking pleasure in
जुषाणः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootजुष् (धातु) → जुषाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (Vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पिबdrink
पिब:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) → पिब
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.