Rig Veda 8.94.6 — Mandala 8, Sukta 94, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.94

Devata: Indra (with Soma as offering)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उतो न्वस्य जोषमाँ इन्द्रः सुतस्य गोमतः । प्रातर्होतेव मत्सति ॥

Transliteration

utó nv asya jóṣam ā́ indráḥ sutásya gó-mataḥ | prātár hotéva matsati ||

Translation

And now Indra too comes to the glad acceptance of this pressed Soma, rich in rays; in the morning he exults like a priest of the offering.

Word by Word

• उतो: and also, moreover
• उतो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (उत) अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)

• अस्य: of him/this (of Indra)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जोषम्: favor, pleasure, satisfaction
• जोषम्: कर्म (what is sought/obtained: ‘favor/pleasure’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जोष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जोष’ = तुष्टि/प्रीति/अनुग्रह)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतस्य: of the pressed/extracted (Soma)
• सुतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the pressed (soma)’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: सु (धातु ‘सु’ = ‘to press/extract (soma)’), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘सुत’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोमतः: rich in cows, wealthy
• गोमतः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having cows/wealth’)

• प्रातर्होता: the morning Hotṛ-priest
• प्रातर्होता: उपमान (in simile with इव)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय) + होतृ (प्रातिपदिक) → समास: प्रातर्होतृ

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• मत्सति: rejoices, is exhilarated (by Soma)
• मत्सति: क्रिया (कर्तृ: इन्द्रः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु; ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated, rejoice’)