Rig Veda 6.44.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 44, Mantra 2
Sukta 6.44
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Indra (Soma as empowering medium)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यः शग्मस्तुविशग्म ते रायो दामा मतीनाम् । सोमः सुतः स इन्द्र तेऽस्ति स्वधापते मदः ॥
Transliteration
yáḥ śagmás tuvíśagma te rāyó dā́mā matīnā́m | sómaḥ sutáḥ sá índra té’sti svadhā́pate mádaḥ ||
Translation
Dieser ausgepresste Soma — stark, überaus stark — wird dir, o Indra, zum Spender und Binder der Füllen für unsere Gedanken; er ist dein Rausch, o Herr der Svadhā.
Word by Word
यःwho, which
यः:
सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-निर्देशक (relative; links to implied ‘सः’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शग्मःmighty, vigorous
शग्मः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (of the subject ‘सः/सोमः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootशग्म (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)
तुविशग्मO very-mighty one
तुविशग्म:
सम्बोधन (addressed to Indra)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootतुवि-शग्म (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘बहु/अति’ + ‘शग्म’)
तेof you; to you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रायःof wealth, of riches
रायः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive dependent on ‘दामा’)
TypeNoun
Rootराय्/रयि (प्रातिपदिक)
दामाgift, share, portion
दामा:
कर्म/प्राप्तव्य (that which is given/obtained: ‘gift/portion’)
TypeNoun
Rootदामन् (प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग)
मतीनाम्of thoughts; of hymns/prayers
मतीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of thoughts/prayers’)
TypeNoun
Rootमती (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma (the pressed sacred drink)
सोमः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed, expressed
सुतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifies ‘सोमः’)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Root√सु (सुनोति) → सुत (कृदन्त, भूतकृत/PPP)
सःhe; that (one)
सः:
कर्ता (resumptive of ‘यः’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you; for you
ते:
सम्प्रदान (dative: ‘for you/to you’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (अस्ति)
स्वधापतेO lord of svadhā (self-power/ritual nourishment)
स्वधापते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (compound, epithet)
Rootस्वधा-पति (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
मदःexhilaration, intoxication, rapture
मदः:
कर्ता/भाव (predicate-noun: ‘the exhilaration’)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
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