Rig Veda 4.49.3: Mandala 4, Sukta 49, Mantra 3

Sukta 4.49

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)

Devata: Indra-Bṛhaspati (dual) with emphasis on Indra

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

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ न इन्द्राबृहस्पती गृहमिन्द्रश्च गच्छतम् । सोमपा सोमपीतये ॥

Transliteration

ā́ na indrābṛhaspatī gṛhám índraś ca gacchatam | somapā́ sómapītaye ||

Translation

Come to us, O Indra and Bṛhaspati; come to the home of our being—O Indra too—drinkers of Soma, for the drinking of Soma within.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: Sampradāna (हित/लाभ-सम्बन्धः) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्द्रा: O Indra (as part of ‘Indra-and-Bṛhaspati’)
• इन्द्रा: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पती: O Bṛhaspati (as part of ‘Indra-and-Bṛhaspati’)
• बृहस्पती: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहम्: the house; home
• गृहम्: Karma (destination/object of motion) / अधिकरण-गत्यर्थे
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā (subject)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• गच्छतम्: (you two) go; come
• गच्छतम्: क्रिया (addressed action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छ-)

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinkers
• सोमपाः: Kartā/विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः (apposition to the deities)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सोमपा (सोम + पा ‘to drink’ → ‘Soma-drinker’)

• सोमपीतये: for Soma-drinking; for drinking Soma
• सोमपीतये: Sampradāna / प्रयोजन (purpose)
• Type: Noun (action noun)
• Root: सोमपीति (सोम + पीति ‘drinking’ < √पा ‘to drink’)