Rig Veda 4.46.7: Mandala 4, Sukta 46, Mantra 7
Sukta 4.46
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4)
Devata: Indra-Vāyu
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इह प्रयाणमस्तु वामिन्द्रवायू विमोचनम् । इह वां सोमपीतये ॥
Transliteration
ihá pra-yā́ṇam astu vām índra-vāyū vi-mócanam | ihá vām sóma-pītaye ||
Translation
হে ইন্দ্ৰ-ৱায়ু, ইয়াতেই তোমালোকৰ প্ৰয়াণ হওক, ইয়াতেই তোমালোকৰ বিমোচন; ইয়াতেই সোম-পানাৰ বাবে।
Word by Word
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (deictic adverb)
प्रयाणम्setting forth; departure; journey
प्रयाणम्:
कर्म (अस्तु इति विधेयस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-√या (याति) → प्रयाण (n.)
अस्तुlet there be; may it be
अस्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (अस्ति)
वाम्for you two; of you two
वाम्:
सम्प्रदान (युवयोः/युवाभ्याम्-अर्थे ‘for you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
इन्द्रवायूO Indra and Vāyu
इन्द्रवायू:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootइन्द्र + वायु (समास)
विमोचनम्release; unyoking; loosening
विमोचनम्:
कर्म/विधेय (प्रयाणस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)
TypeNoun
Rootवि-√मुच् (मुञ्चति) → विमोचन (n.)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (deictic adverb)
वाम्for you two; of you two
वाम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
सोमपीतयेfor Soma-drinking; for the drinking of Soma
सोमपीतये:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम + पीति (f.) ‘drinking’ < √पा (पिबति) (समास)
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