Rig Veda 1.23.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.23

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 1.23)

Devata: Indra-Vāyu (dvandva devatā) as Soma-drinkers

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3×8 syllables)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उभा देवा दिविस्पृशेन्द्रवायू हवामहे । अस्य सोमस्य पीतये ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.23.2

Transliteration

ubhā devā divispṛśendravāyū havāmahe | asya somasya pītaye ||

Translation

We call the two gods, Indra and Vāyu, who touch the heaven—so that they may drink of this Soma: the delight that clarifies and uplifts the consciousness.

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Word by Word

• उभा: both (two)
• उभा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / उभय-

• देवा: the two gods
• देवा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिविस्पृशा: touching heaven / heaven-reaching
• दिविस्पृशा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: दिवि-स्पृश् (समास; ‘heaven-touching’)

• इन्द्रवायू: Indra and Vāyu
• इन्द्रवायू: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र-वायु (द्वन्द्व-समास)

• हवामहे: we invoke / we call
• हवामहे: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (ह्वयति/हवते) ‘to call, invoke’

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पीतये: for drinking
• पीतये: Sampradāna (purpose/for)
• Type: Noun (verbal noun)
• Root: पीति (प्रातिपदिक; action-noun from √पा ‘to drink’)