Rig Veda 8.91.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 91, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.91
Devata: Soma (Indu) directed ‘for Indra’
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ चन त्वा चिकित्सामोऽधि चन त्वा नेमसि । शनैरिव शनकैरिवेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव ॥
Transliteration
ā́ caná tvā cikitsā́mo 'dhí caná tvā némasi | śanáir iva śanakáir ivéndrāyendo pári srava ||
Translation
我们几乎不能彻底洞见你，也几乎不能度量你；然而你当如渐行之步，缓缓、一步一步地流转——噢，苏摩啊，环流而出，为因陀罗而流。愿那喜悦之汁渐次渗透，直至此身能承受。
Word by Word
आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
चनeven; indeed (often with negation: ‘not even’)
चन:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचन (particle)
त्वाyou (thee)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem)
चिकित्सामःwe notice/recognize; we take heed
चिकित्सामः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√चित् (cikits- ‘to perceive/understand; to take notice of’)
अधिover; upon; in addition
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (upasarga/avyaya)
चनeven; indeed
चन:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचन (particle)
त्वाyou (thee)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
नेमसिwe bow (to); we do obeisance
नेमसि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√नम् (nam- ‘to bow’)
शनैःslowly; gently
शनैः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैः (indeclinable adverb)
इवlike; as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (particle)
शनकैःlittle by little; gradually
शनकैः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनकैः (indeclinable adverb)
इवas if; like
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma-drop)
इन्दो:
—
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (prātipadika)
परिaround; forth
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (upasarga/avyaya)
स्रवflow; stream forth
स्रव:
Kartā (imperative subject ‘you’)
TypeVerb
Root√स्रु (sru- ‘to flow’)
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