Rig Veda 4.49.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 49, Mantra 2

Sukta 4.49

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional for Mandala 4; specific attribution for 4.49 commonly to Vāmadeva)

Devata: Indra-Bṛhaspati (dual)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; confirmable from full hymn prosody)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अयं वां परि षिच्यते सोम इन्द्राबृहस्पती । चारुर्मदाय पीतये ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.49.2

Transliteration

a॒yaṁ vāṁ॒ pári ṣicyate॒ sóma indrābṛhaspatī | cā́rur mádāya pītáye ||

Translation

This Soma is being poured all around for you two, O Indra and Bṛhaspati—delightful for the ecstasy of the uplifted consciousness, to be drunk inwardly.

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one/this Soma)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: of/for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; forth (as preverb)
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Preposition)
• Root: परि

• षिच्यते: is poured/sprinkled
• षिच्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (सिञ्चति) धातुः

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed drink)
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रा: O Indra
• इन्द्रा: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पती: O Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पती: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• चारुः: pleasant, lovely
• चारुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदाय: for exhilaration/intoxication
• मदाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीतये: for drinking
• पीतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (verbal noun)
• Root: पा (पिबति) धातुः → पीति (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, action noun)