Rig Veda 1.5.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.5
Rishi: Madhuchchhandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.1–1.11; for 1.5 in particular: Vaiśvāmitra line)
Devata: Indra (Soma-offering context; Indra as principal enjoyer of Soma in this sukta-cycle)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुतपाव्ने सुता इमे शुचयो यन्ति वीतये । सोमासो दध्याशिरः ॥
Transliteration
sutapā́vne sutā́ imé śúcayo yanti vītáye | sómāso dádhyāśiraḥ ||
Translation
Ô Purificateur de la délice pressée, ces forces pressées du Soma, lumineuses et pures, s’avancent vers ta jouissance accueillante ; les courants de Soma viennent mêlés de lait caillé, essence nourricière pour l’offrande intérieure.
Word by Word
सुतपाव्नेin/for the ‘Sutapāvan’ (Soma, the pressed-purifier)
सुतपाव्ने:
Adhikaraṇa (locative setting) / (ritual addressee-context)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootसुतपावन् (प्रातिपदिक; सुत- ‘pressed’ + पावन् ‘purifier’, epithet of सोम) अथवा सुतपावन्- (समास)
सुताthe pressed (Soma-drops)
सुता:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootसुत (ppp of √सु ‘to press out (Soma)’) → ‘pressed (Soma)’
इमेthese
इमे:
Kartā (apposition to ‘सुता’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शुचयःbright/pure
शुचयः:
Kartā (qualifier of ‘सुता इमे’)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक ‘bright, pure’)
यन्तिgo, proceed
यन्ति:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√या (गत्यर्थ धातु ‘to go’)
वीतयेfor the enjoyment/receiving (by the gods), for the feast
वीतये:
Sampradāna (purpose/for) / (dative of end)
TypeNoun
Rootवीति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘enjoyment, reception, feast/banquet’; from √वी/√व्या ‘to enjoy, pursue’ in Vedic usage)
सोमासःthe Soma (drops)
सोमासः:
Kartā (new subject in 2nd pāda) / apposition to preceding Soma-drops
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
दध्याशिरः(as) curd-mixtures; Soma mixed with curds
दध्याशिरः:
Kartā (predicative/appositional descriptor of ‘सोमासः’)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootदध्याशिरस् (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक; दधि ‘curd’ + आशिरस् ‘mixture’ → ‘curd-mixture’)
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