Rig Veda 1.30.13: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 13
Sukta 1.30
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for RV 1.30)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for this section of RV 1.30; verify against pada-count traditions)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
रेवतीर्नः सधमाद इन्द्रे सन्तु तुविवाजाः । क्षुमन्तो याभिर्मदेम ॥
Transliteration
revátīr naḥ sadhámāda índre santu tuvívājāḥ | kṣumánto yā́bhir mádema ||
Translation
Mögen uns im gemeinsamen Rausch mit Indra die revatī — die reichen Mächte des Zuwachses — zuteilwerden, voll gewaltiger Kraft; mit ihnen mögen wir leuchtend werden und im inneren Entzücken jauchzen.
Word by Word
रेवतीःwealthy, rich (fem. pl.)
रेवतीः:
Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण; ‘सन्तु’ का कर्तृ-पद)
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootरेवत् (प्रातिपदिक) < रेव (धन/समृद्धि) + मतुप्
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessor: ‘our/for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सधमादेin the common feast / in the joint revel
सधमादे:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/अवसर: ‘सधमादे’ = ‘सत्र/उत्सव में’)
TypeNoun
Rootसधमाद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सह’ + ‘माद’/‘मद’ → ‘साथ का मद/उत्सव/सत्र’)
इन्द्रेin/with Indra
इन्द्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (आश्रय/विषय: ‘इन्द्रे’ = ‘इन्द्र के (संबन्धित)’)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सन्तुlet them be
सन्तु:
(क्रिया) विधेय
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
तुविवाजाःhaving abundant prizes/strength; very victorious
तुविवाजाः:
Kartā (विशेषण; ‘रेवतीः’ का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-like compound used adjectivally)
Rootतुवि- (बहु/अत्यर्थ) + वाज (प्रातिपदिक ‘बल/विजय/पुरस्कार’)
क्षुमन्तःnourishing, prosperous
क्षुमन्तः:
Kartā (अगली क्रिया ‘मदेम’ का कर्ता: ‘हम’)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘क्षु’/‘क्षुम’ = पोषण/समृद्धि + मन्त्)
याभिःby/with which (fem. instr. pl.)
याभिः:
Karaṇa (करण: ‘जिनके द्वारा/जिनसे’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मदेमmay we rejoice / may we be exhilarated
मदेम:
(क्रिया) विधेय
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु ‘हर्षे/मदे’)
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