Mantra 1

Sukta 117

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पिबा सोममिन्द्र मन्दतु त्वा यं ते सुषाव हर्यश्वाद्रिः । सोतुर्बाहुभ्यां सुयतो नार्वा

IAST Transliteration

píba sómam indra mándatu tvā yáṃ te suṣā́va haryáśvā́driḥ | sotúrbāhúbhyāṃ súyato ná árvā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Drink Soma, O Indra; let that exhilarate thee which the stone, O tawny-horsed, hath well pressed for thee—well guided by the presser’s arms, like a rushing steed.

Word by Word

• पिब: drink!
• पिब: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)

• सोमम्: Soma (juice)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्दतु: let (it) gladden / exhilarate
• मन्दतु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्द् (मन्दते/मन्दति)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यम्: which (Soma)
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुषाव: has pressed (well)
• सुषाव: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सु + षु (षु/सु—‘प्रसवने/अभिषवे’; परस्मैपद)

• हर्यश्वात्: from (the one) with tawny horses
• हर्यश्वात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हर्यश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्रिः: the pressing-stone
• अद्रिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोतुः: of the presser
• सोतुः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोतु (√सु ‘सवने/अभिषवे’ से कर्तृ-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)

• बाहुभ्याम्: with (his) two arms
• बाहुभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुयतः: of the well-restrained / well-guided
• सुयतः: विशेषण (सोतुः)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: सु + यत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √यत् ‘प्रयत्ने/नियमे’)

• न: not
• न: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• अर्वा: a steed / horse
• अर्वा: कर्तृ/उपमान (संदर्भानुसार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वन्/अर्वा (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: RV provenance (Soma-pressing Indra hymn tradition; specific RV attribution requires RV parallel identification)

Devata: Indra (with Soma as enabling power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (to be confirmed against RV parallel).

Mantra Rasa

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