Rig Veda 5.51.7: Mandala 5, Sukta 51, Mantra 7

Sukta 5.51

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition; hymn attributed to the Atri family)

Devata: Indra-Vāyu (with Soma as the offering-power)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verse-length and cadence consistent with Jagatī in this section)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुता इन्द्राय वायवे सोमासो दध्याशिरः । निम्नं न यन्ति सिन्धवोऽभि प्रयः ॥

Transliteration

sutā́ indrā́ya vāyáve sómāso dádhyāśiraḥ | nímnaṃ ná yánti síndhavo ’bhí práyaḥ ||

Translation

Die für Indra und Vāyu ausgepressten Somas, mit dadhyāśir (geronnener Milchmischung) vermengt, strömen zum Opfergut (prayaḥ) hin, wie Flüsse zur Tiefe eilen.

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Word by Word

• सुताः: pressed/extracted (Soma-juices), i.e., the pressed ones
• सुताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: √सु (सु- ‘to press/extract’ > सुत (ppp) as prātipadika)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• वायवे: for Vāyu
• वायवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (prātipadika)

• सोमासः: Soma (drops/juices)
• सोमासः: Kartā (apposition to सुताः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• दध्याशिरः: (mixed) with curds; curd-mixture
• दध्याशिरः: Kartā (apposition/descriptor of Soma)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: दधि + आशिर्/आशिस् (compound prātipadika; ‘curd-mixture’)

• निम्नम्: the low place; the downward slope
• निम्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निम्न (prātipadika)

• न: like/as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• यन्ति: go; move
• यन्ति: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (to go)

• सिन्धवः: rivers/streams
• सिन्धवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (prātipadika)

• अभि: towards; unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (preverb/preposition)

• प्रयः: refreshment; nourishment; vital strength
• प्रयः: Karma (goal/object with अभि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयस् (prātipadika)