Rig Veda 8.49.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 49, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.49

Devata: Indra (with Soma as enabling substance)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ त्वा सुतास इन्दवो मदा य इन्द्र गिर्वणः । आपो न वज्रिन्नन्वोक्यं सरः पृणन्ति शूर राधसे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.49.3

Transliteration

ā́ tvā sutā́sa índavo madā́ yá índra girvaṇaḥ | ā́po ná vajrinn ánvokyaṃ sáraḥ pṛṇánti śūra rā́dhase ||

Translation

为使你沉醉，压榨的苏摩（Soma）之滴、狂喜之潮涌向你——噢因陀罗，颂歌之主。它们如流水循道注满湖泊，充盈你——噢执金刚者，噢英雄，为成就你的施惠之业。

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Word by Word

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

• त्वा: you (thee)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्-)

• सुतासः: the pressed (Soma-drops)
• सुतासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: सुता- (√सु / √सु- ‘to press, extract (Soma)’)

• इन्दवः: Soma-drops
• इन्दवः: Kartā (apposition to सुतासः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु-

• मदाय: for exhilaration, for intoxication
• मदाय: Sampradāna (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद-

• ये: which, who
• ये: Kartā (relative clause; = सुतासः इन्दवः)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: —
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र-

• गिर्वणः: O singer-praised one (praised by hymns)
• गिर्वणः: —
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: गिर्वणस्-

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā (simile-standard)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्- (अप्-)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वज्रिन्: O wielder of the thunderbolt
• वज्रिन्: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वज्रिन्-

• अन्वोक्यम्: worthy to be invoked/celebrated
• अन्वोक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वोक्य- (anu- + √वच् ‘to speak, utter’ → ‘to be invoked/celebrated’)

• सरः: lake, pool
• सरः: Kartā (with पृणन्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्-

• पृणन्ति: they fill
• पृणन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पृणाति) ‘to fill, satisfy’

• शूर: O hero
• शूर: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: शूर-

• राधसे: for bounty, for wealth/gift
• राधसे: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस्-