Rig Veda 1.187.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 187, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.187
Devata: Soma
Chandas: Gayatri/Anuṣṭubh uncertain (meter requires syllable verification; short verse suggests non-Trishtubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तव त्ये पितो ददतस्तव स्वादिष्ठ ते पितो । प्र स्वाद्मानो रसानां तुविग्रीवा इवेरते ॥
Transliteration
tavá tyé pito dádataḥ tavá svādiṣṭha té pito | prá svā́dmāno rásānāṁ tuvigrīvā́ iverate ||
Translation
Dein, o Trank (Pita), sind jene Geber; dein, o Trank, du Allersüßester. Vorwärts branden die Süßen der Säfte, wie starkgenackte, mit Macht vorandrängend.
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (Genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्येthose (they)
त्ये:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितःO drinker (Soma-drinker)
पितः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative, agent/epithet)
Rootपिब् (धातु) → पितृ (Vedic voc. of agent-noun from √पिब्)
ददतःof (you) giving / bestowing
ददतः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitival relation)
TypeParticiple
Rootदा (धातु) → ददत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त, शतृ)
तवyour / of you
तव:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वादिष्ठO most sweet / most pleasant
स्वादिष्ठ:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वादु (प्रातिपदिक) → स्वादिष्ठ (superlative, -इष्ठ)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितःO drinker
पितः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative, agent/epithet)
Rootपिब् (धातु) → पितृ (Vedic voc. of agent-noun from √पिब्)
प्रforth / forward
प्र:
— (preverb/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
स्वाद्मानःthe sweet (flavours)
स्वाद्मानः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun/Adjective (collective ‘sweetnesses’ / ‘sweet ones’)
Rootस्वादु (प्रातिपदिक) → स्वाद्मन् (Vedic abstract/collective stem) → स्वाद्मान (nom. pl.)
रसानाम्of juices / of essences
रसानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootरस (प्रातिपदिक)
तुविग्रीवाःstrong-necked / mighty-necked
तुविग्रीवाः:
कर्तृ (subject; in simile)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुवि- (intensifier ‘much, strong’) + ग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike / as
इव:
— (simile marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
ईरतेthey move / they surge / they are set in motion
ईरते:
क्रिया (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootईर् (धातु) / ईरय् (causative base in Vedic usage) → ईरते
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