Rig Veda 8.69.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.69

Devata: Soma (with Purandhī as supporting power of abundance/fulfilment)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (explicitly referenced)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रप्र वस्त्रिष्टुभमिषं मन्दद्वीरायेन्दवे । धिया वो मेधसातये पुरंध्या विवासति ॥

Transliteration

prá-prá vaḥ triṣṭúbham íṣam mandád-vīrāya índave | dhiyā́ vo medhā́-sātaye purandhyā́ vívāsati ||

Translation

Again and again she brings forward for you the Trishtubh strength of inspiration, the nourishing impulsion for the Soma who rejoices in heroes; with thought she serves you for the winning of luminous intelligence, the Power of plenitude (Purandhī) offering her worship.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• प्र: forth, strongly
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वः: of you (your)
• वः: सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun stem)

• त्रिष्टुभम्: the Triṣṭubh (metre/chant)
• त्रिष्टुभम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिष्टुभ् (prātipadika)

• इषम्: refreshment, nourishment
• इषम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (prātipadika: iṣ- ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’)

• मन्दद्वीरा: to the hero-gladdening (one)
• मन्दद्वीरा: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द (adj. ‘gladdening’) + वीर (prātipadika) → compound

• इन्दवे: to Indu (Soma)
• इन्दवे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (prātipadika ‘drop; Soma’)

• धिया: with (our) thought/insight
• धिया: करण (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (prātipadika ‘thought, insight’)

• वः: for you
• वः: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun stem)

• मेधसातये: for the attainment of wisdom/skill
• मेधसातये: सम्प्रदान (purpose/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधसा- (prātipadika ‘wisdom/skill’) + अतय (from √अत्/अति ‘to go, attain’ in noun-formation) → compound

• पुरंध्या: with Purandhī (Bounty)
• पुरंध्या: करण (means/agency)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंधि (prātipadika; name/epithet of a goddess, also ‘bounty, liberality’)

• विवासति: shines forth / makes manifest
• विवासति: क्रिया (verbal action; subject implicit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वास् (to shine/dwell) with vi-; Vedic verb विवासति