Rig Veda 4.47.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 47, Mantra 1
Sukta 4.47
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4)
Devata: Vāyu (with Soma-invitation motif)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; RV 4 commonly uses Jagatī/Triṣṭubh in such invocations—requires pad-count confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वायो शुक्रो अयामि ते मध्वो अग्रं दिविष्टिषु । आ याहि सोमपीतये स्पार्हो देव नियुत्वता ॥
Transliteration
vāyo śukró ayāmi te mádhvo ágraṃ divíṣṭiṣu | ā yāhi sóma-pītaye spārhó deva niyútvātā ||
Translation
Ô Vāyu, Puissance lumineuse, je t’apporte la première part de douceur, le miel, parmi les élans vers le ciel. Viens ici pour boire le Soma, Dieu désirable, attelé à tes attelages ordonnés (niyút), tes coursiers de force.
Word by Word
वायोO Vāyu
वायो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (address)
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
शुक्रःbright, pure
शुक्रः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अयामिI offer / I present
अयामि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (यच्छति/यमति) — ‘to extend, offer, present’
तेto/for you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मध्वःof honey / of sweetness (i.e., Soma)
मध्वः:
सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्रम्the foremost part, the first portion
अग्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
दिविष्टिषुin the heavenly abodes / in the celestial stations
दिविष्टिषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदिविष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards (us)
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (आगमन-निर्देशक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
याहिcome!
याहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√या (to go)
सोमपीतयेfor Soma-drinking
सोमपीतये:
सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी)
TypeNoun (purpose)
Rootसोम-पीति (समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘सोमस्य पीतिः’)
स्पार्हःdesirable, eagerly sought
स्पार्हः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootस्पार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (address)
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
नियुत्वताwith (your) yoked teams (niyuts)
नियुत्वता:
करण / सहार्थ-तृतीया
TypeAdjective (instrumental accompaniment)
Rootनियुत्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having/with niyuts’ i.e., yoked teams)
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