Rig Veda 8.93.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 22
Sukta 8.93
Devata: Indra (Soma enjoyment implied; ritual movement of Soma)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पत्नीवन्तः सुता इम उशन्तो यन्ति वीतये । अपां जग्मिर्निचुम्पुणः ॥
Transliteration
pátnīvantaḥ sutā́ imá uśánto yanti vītáye | apā́ṃ jágmir nicumpuṇaḥ ||
Translation
Diese Soma-Pressungen, von ihren Gefährtenkräften begleitet, voll Verlangen, gehen zur Genießung (des Gottes). Zu den Wassern sind sie gelangt — die Hinabschlürfenden — und suchen in der Tiefe den inneren Strom.
Word by Word
पत्नीवन्तःhaving wives; with wives
पत्नीवन्तः:
कर्तृ (यन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootपत्नीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; पत्नी + वत्) अथवा पत्नी (स्त्री.) + वत् (मतुप्)
सुताःpressed (Soma-drops); the pressed ones
सुताः:
कर्तृ (यन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसुता (ppp/कृदन्त; √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)
इमेthese
इमे:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (सुताः इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उशन्तःdesiring; eager
उशन्तः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (सुताः इत्यस्य)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootउशन्त् (वर्त. कृदन्त; √वश्/उश् ‘to wish, desire’)
यन्तिthey go; they come
यन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√या (गत्यर्थ धातु)
वीतयेfor the enjoyment/feast (of Soma); for the drinking
वीतये:
सम्प्रदान (यन्ति—कस्यै? वीतये)
TypeNoun
Rootवीति (स्त्री.; ‘enjoyment/feasting’, esp. of Soma; from vi-√अव/√इ ‘to enjoy’ in Vedic usage)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
सम्बन्ध (जग्मिः—अपाम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (स्त्री.; ‘water’)
जग्मिःhaving gone; gone forth
जग्मिः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण/विधेय (निचुम्पुणः इत्यस्य)
TypeVerb (perfect form used adjectivally/nominally in Vedic) / Participle-like
Root√गम् (परिपूर्ण/परफेक्ट; ‘to go’)
निचुम्पुणःthe lappers/sippers (of the waters); water-sipping ones
निचुम्पुणः:
कर्तृ (अन्त्यपादे निहित क्रिया-भावः: ‘अपाम् … निचुम्पुणः’ = waters’ lappers)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootनिचुम्पुण (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक विशेषण—‘down-sipping/licking, lapping’; नि- + चुम्प्/चुप्-सम्बद्ध धात्वर्थः ‘to sip/lick’)
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