Rig Veda 8.69.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.69
Rishi: Pragātha tradition of Mandala 8 (exact ṛṣi attribution not supplied in input)
Devata: Indra (explicit)
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-family (needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ यत्पतन्त्येन्यः सुदुघा अनपस्फुरः । अपस्फुरं गृभायत सोममिन्द्राय पातवे ॥
Transliteration
ā yát pátanty enyáḥ sudúghā ánapa-sphuraḥ | ápa-sphuraṃ gṛbhāyata sómam índrāya pātáve ||
Translation
When the swift, well-yielding ones come flying hither, without scattering, then seize the Soma that does not spill away, for Indra to drink—hold the delight steady for the descending force.
Word by Word
आhither, forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
यत्that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पतन्तिthey fly, they fall
पतन्ति:
Kartā (क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (पतति)
एन्याःthe swift ones
एन्याः:
Kartā (पतन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootएनी/एन्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वेगवती/शीघ्रगामिनी’)
सुदुघाःwell-milking, yielding abundantly
सुदुघाः:
Kartā (पतन्ति इत्यस्य; एन्याः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सु’ + √दुह् ‘दोहने’)
अनपस्फुरःunfaltering, not slipping away
अनपस्फुरः:
Kartā (पतन्ति इत्यस्य; विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन-अपस्फुर (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + अपस्फुर ‘विचलन/छलन’)
अपस्फुरम्unfaltering, firm
अपस्फुरम्:
Karma (गृभायत इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपस्फुर (प्रातिपदिक)
गृभायतseize!, grasp!
गृभायत:
— (आज्ञा/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootगृह्/ग्रह् (गृभ्णाति/गृह्णाति ‘ग्रहणे’)
सोमम्Soma (the pressed drink)
सोमम्:
Karma (गृभायत इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पातवेto drink
पातवे:
Prayojana (उद्देश्य/अर्थः)
TypeVerbal noun (infinitive)
Rootपा (पिबति ‘पाने’) → पातृ/पातु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुमुन्/तवेन्-प्रत्ययः)
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