Rig Veda 1.119.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 119, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.119

Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa (traditional)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत स्या वां मधुमन्मक्षिकारपन्मदे सोमस्यौशिजो हुवन्यति । युवं दधीचो मन आ विवासथोऽथा शिरः प्रति वामश्व्यं वदत् ॥

Transliteration

utá syā́ vāṃ mádhuman-mákṣikā arapat máde sómasyauśijó huvanyati | yuváṃ dadhī́co mánā ā́ vivāsatho 'thā́ śíraḥ práti vām áśvyaṃ vadat ||

Translation

Und auch jene honigtragende Biene der euren summt im Rausch des Soma; der Sohn des Uśij ruft euch an. Ihr beide habt den Sinn des Dadhīci in helles Willkommen geführt; da sprach das Pferdehaupt euch entgegen (und enthüllte das Geheimnis).

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Word by Word

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• स्या: that (she/this)
• स्या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सा) / स्य- (deictic pronoun stem)

• वाम्: of you two; for you two
• वाम्: सम्बन्ध (possessive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मधुमत्: honey-sweet; full of sweetness
• मधुमत्: Kartā (with implied ‘स्तुतिः/वाक्’ etc.)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + मतुप्

• मक्षिकारपन्: humming like bees
• मक्षिकारपन्: Kartā (epithet of the utterance/chant)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मक्षिका + रपन् (from √रप्/रभ् ‘to sound, hum’ as a present participial/agentive formation)

• मदे: in the exhilaration; in the intoxication
• मदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• औशिजः: the Uśija (one descended from Uśij / named Uśija)
• औशिजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: उशिज् (patronymic/tribal name) → औशिज

• हुवन्यति: calls; invokes
• हुवन्यति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते) ‘to call, invoke’

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• दधीचः: of Dadhīca
• दधीचः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: दधीच् (proper name)

• मनः: mind; intention
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• विवासथः: you two have honored/served
• विवासथः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वास् (विवासयति/विवासति in Vedic: ‘to honor, to serve, to entertain’)

• अथ: then; thereafter
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्

• प्रति: towards; in return; back
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: प्रति

• वाम्: to you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अश्व्यम्: equine; horse-like; pertaining to a horse
• अश्व्यम्: Kartā (as qualifier of शिरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व्य (from अश्व + यत्/यञ् adjectival)

• वदत्: speaking; uttering
• वदत्: Kriyā (participial predicate)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √वद् ‘to speak’