Rig Veda 1.86.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 86, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.86
Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa
Devata: Marutās (with Soma as ritual power present)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अस्य वीरस्य बर्हिषि सुतः सोमो दिविष्टिषु । उक्थं मदश्च शस्यते ॥
Transliteration
asyá vī́rasya bárhiṣi sutáḥ sómo díviṣṭiṣu | uktháṃ mádaś ca śasyate ||
Translation
जब कोई वीर आदमी पूजा करता है, तो उसके लिए सोम रस और गाने होते हैं। यह सब आसमान की तरफ़ से आता है। लोग खुश होके गाते हैं।
Word by Word
अस्यof this (one)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य (षष्ठी एकवचन)
वीरस्यof the hero/strong one
वीरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive) — ‘of the hero/strong one’
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
बर्हिषिon/at the sacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिषि:
अधिकरण (स्थान) — locative
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed (out)
सुतः:
विशेषण (of सोमः) / कर्मणि-भाव (pressed)
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Kṛdanta
Root√सु (सुनोति) → सुत (कृदन्त, क्त)
सोमःSoma (the pressed soma-juice)
सोमः:
कर्तृ (of शस्यते) — subject
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
दिविष्टिषुin the divine rites/contests (festal gatherings)
दिविष्टिषु:
अधिकरण (सन्दर्भ/अवसर) — ‘in/among’
TypeNoun
Rootदिविष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘heavenly/bright rites, contests, festivities’)
उक्थम्the hymn of praise (uktha)
उक्थम्:
कर्तृ (co-subject with मदः) — what is praised
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
मदःthe exhilaration/rapture
मदः:
कर्तृ (co-subject with उक्थम्) — what is praised
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘intoxication, exhilaration, rapture’)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
शस्यतेis praised / is recited
शस्यते:
क्रिया — passive/middle sense ‘is praised/recited’
TypeVerb
Root√शंस् (शंसति) — ‘to praise, recite’
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