Rig Veda 3.42.7: Mandala 3, Sukta 42, Mantra 7

Sukta 3.42

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirmable metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इममिन्द्र गवाशिरं यवाशिरं च नः पिब । आगत्या वृषभिः सुतम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.42.7

Transliteration

imám indra gávāśiraṁ yávāśiraṁ ca naḥ piba | āgátyā vṛ́ṣabhíḥ sutám ||

Translation

Drink for us, O Indra, this Soma mixed with the cow’s light and with the barley’s sustaining force; come with thy mighty energies and take the pressed delight into thy power.

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Word by Word

• इमम्: this (one/this drink)
• इमम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्प्रदान (आह्वान-प्रयुक्तः) / संबोधन
• Type: Noun (proper) / Vocative address
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवाशिरम्: mixed with milk
• गवाशिरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (qualifier of drink) / Noun-like compound
• Root: गवाशिर (प्रातिपदिक; गो-आशिर ‘mixed with milk’)

• यवाशिरम्: mixed with barley
• यवाशिरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (qualifier of drink) / Noun-like compound
• Root: यवाशिर (प्रातिपदिक; यव-आशिर ‘mixed with barley’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पिब: drink!
• पिब: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) ‘to drink’

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Gerund (absolutive)
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) ‘to come’

• वृषभिः: with the bulls (i.e., strong ones/your bull-like powers or companions)
• वृषभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतम्: the pressed (Soma)
• सुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle used adjectivally / Noun
• Root: सु (धातु) ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)