Rig Veda 8.85.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 85, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.85

Rishi: Kṛṣṇa (contextual; not securely determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गच्छतं दाशुषो गृहमित्था स्तुवतो अश्विना । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.85.6

Transliteration

gácchatam dāśúṣo gṛhám itthā́ stuvató aśvinā | mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||

Translation

Geht zum Haus des Gebenden — so, des Lobpreisenden, o Aśvins — zum Trank des honigsüßen Soma.

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Word by Word

• गच्छतम्: go (you two), proceed
• गच्छतम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छ-)

• दाशुषः: of the worshipper / of the giver
• दाशुषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: दाशुष् (< √दाश्/दश् ‘to worship, to give, to serve’)

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: कर्म (goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह

• इत्था: thus, in this manner
• इत्था: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्था

• स्तुवतः: of the praising (one)
• स्तुवतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: स्तुवत् (वर्तमान कृदन्तः < √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two horsemen)
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन (addressed)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: अश्विन् (dual stem; name/epithet of the Aśvins)

• मध्वः: of the sweet (drink), of honey
• मध्वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• पीतये: for drinking
• पीतये: सम्प्रदान (purpose/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीति (action noun < √पा ‘to drink’)