Rig Veda 8.82.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 82, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.82
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ प्र द्रव परावतोऽर्वावतश्च वृत्रहन् । मध्वः प्रति प्रभर्मणि ॥
Transliteration
ā́ prá drav parāvató ’rvā́vataś ca vṛtrahan | mádhvaḥ práti prá-bharmaṇi ||
Translation
Run forth hither, O Slayer of the Coverer, from the far and from the near, to meet this bearing-forward of sweetness—come to the offered delight.
Word by Word
आhither, towards (prefix: ‘to/near’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) अथवा अव्यय
प्रforth, forward (prefix)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga) अथवा अव्यय
द्रवrun! hasten!
द्रव:
—
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धावने/गत्यर्थे)
परावतःfrom afar, from a distant place
परावतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्वावतःfrom the side of the horse/steed; from the swift (quarter)
अर्वावतः:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्वावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अर्वन्’/‘अर्वा’ + -वत्)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
वृत्रहन्O Vṛtra-slayer (Indra)
वृत्रहन्:
Sambodhana (addressed agent)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन् ‘to slay’)
मध्वःof honey/sweet drink (mead, soma-sweetness)
मध्वः:
— (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिtowards, in response to
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रभर्मणिin/at the bringing forth; at the offering/bringing (of the sweet drink)
प्रभर्मणि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-भर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; भृ ‘to bear/carry’ → भर्मन् ‘bearing, bringing’; with प्र-)
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