Rig Veda 8.50.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 50, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.50

Rishi: Kanva tradition (Kāṇva); specific rishi for 8.50 uncertain in this excerpt

Devata: Soma

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नः सोमे स्वध्वर इयानो अत्यो न तोशते । यं ते स्वदावन्त्स्वदन्ति गूर्तयः पौरे छन्दयसे हवम् ॥

Transliteration

ā́ naḥ sóme svadhvará iyā́nó átyo ná tóśate | yáṃ te svadāvánt svádanti gūrtáyaḥ pauré chandayase hávam ||

Translation

Komm zu uns, o Soma, der du im heiligen Vollzug, im wohlgeordneten Opfer, dahineilst — wie ein Rennross, das sich nicht zügeln lässt. Deine Süße kosten die gūrtáyas, die wohlgesprochenen Bekräftigungen; und in der Fülle des Seins willigst du in unseren Ruf ein.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सोमे: O Soma
• सोमे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• स्वध्वरः: having a good rite; of good sacrifice
• स्वध्वरः: Kartā (subject, apposition to ‘अत्यः’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु- + अध्वर

• इयानः: going; coming
• इयानः: Kartā (qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Participle
• Root: इ (धातु: इ ‘to go’)

• अत्यः: steed; swift one
• अत्यः: Kartā (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्य

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

• तोषते: is pleased; is satisfied
• तोषते: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (to be pleased, be satisfied)

• यम्: whom; which
• यम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sampradāna/Śeṣa (of you; your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• स्वदावन्त्: sweet; possessing sweetness
• स्वदावन्त्: Karma (in apposition to ‘यम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वदावन्त् (from √स्वद् ‘to be sweet/pleasant’ + -वत्)

• स्वदन्ति: they relish; they taste (sweetly)
• स्वदन्ति: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वद् (to taste sweet; to relish)

• गूर्तयः: praises; laudations (songs)
• गूर्तयः: Kartā (subject of ‘स्वदन्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गूर्ति

• पौरे: O lord of the people/clan
• पौरे: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: पौर (from पुर ‘stronghold, settlement’; ‘of the clan/people’)

• छन्दयसे: you please; you delight
• छन्दयसे: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छन्द् (to please, gladden; to be acceptable)

• हवम्: invocation; call
• हवम्: Karma (object of ‘छन्दयसे’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव