Rig Veda 1.47.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 47, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.47
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇvas)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Jagati (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्रिषधस्थे बर्हिषि विश्ववेदसा मध्वा यज्ञं मिमिक्षतम् । कण्वासो वां सुतसोमा अभिद्यवो युवां हवन्ते अश्विना ॥
Transliteration
triṣ-sadhásthe bárhiṣi viśva-vedasā mádhvā yajñáṃ mimikṣatam | káṇvāso vāṃ sutá-somā abhi-dyávo yuvā́ṃ havante aśvinā ||
Translation
Auf dem dreifach gelagerten Barhis, o Allwissende, mischt das Opfer mit Süße (Honig). Die Kaṇvas, Soma presstend und aufwärts strebend, rufen euch beide, o Aśvins: kommt her zum Werk des Opfers.
Word by Word
त्रिषधस्थेon the three-seated (three-tiered) place
त्रिषधस्थे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootत्रिषधस्थ (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि-षध-स्थ) अथवा त्रिषधस्थ (विशेषण)
बर्हिषिon the sacrificial grass
बर्हिषि:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्ववेदसाthe all-knowing two (Aśvins)
विश्ववेदसा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (dual epithet)
Rootविश्ववेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व-विद् ‘all-knowing’)
मध्वाwith honey/sweetness (with mead)
मध्वा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्the sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
मिमिक्षतम्you two have mixed/sprinkled (have made to flow)
मिमिक्षतम्:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√मिक्ष् (मिक्श्) ‘to mix, to sprinkle, to moisten/strengthen’
कण्वासःthe Kaṇvas (seers/poets)
कण्वासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकण्व (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिकुलनाम)
वाम्you two (to/for you two)
वाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सुतसोमाःhaving pressed Soma / Soma-pressers
सुतसोमाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसुतसोम (प्रातिपदिक; सुत- + सोम)
अभिद्यवःheavenward, sky-directed
अभिद्यवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअभिद्यव (प्रातिपदिक; अभि- + द्यव ‘heaven/sky’ → ‘heavenward/sky-reaching’)
युवाम्you two
युवाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुवाम् (द्विवचन सर्वनाम; 2nd person dual)
हवन्तेthey invoke/call
हवन्ते:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वे) ‘to call, invoke’
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवताद्वय)
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