Rig Veda 8.48.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 48, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.48
Devata: Soma (implicit as ‘sweet/honey’ of life-force)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स्वादोरभक्षि वयसः सुमेधाः स्वाध्यो वरिवोवित्तरस्य । विश्वे यं देवा उत मर्त्यासो मधु ब्रुवन्तो अभि संचरन्ति ॥
Transliteration
svādór abhakṣi váyasaḥ su-medhā́ḥ svā́dhyo varivó-vit-tarasya | víśve yáṃ devā́ utá mártyāso mádhu bruvánto abhí saṃ-cáranti ||
Translation
मैंने उस मीठा रस चखा है, जिसमें जान है। मेरा दिमाग साफ हो गया, मैंने खुद को आज़ाद पाया। सारे भगवान और इंसान उस मीठा रस के पास आते हैं, उसे मीठा कहते हैं।
Word by Word
स्वादोःof the sweet (Soma)
स्वादोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (substantivized adjective)
Rootस्वादु- (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्वद् (स्वादने)
अभक्षिI have eaten / I partook
अभक्षि:
कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
TypeVerb
Root√भक्ष् (भक्षणे)
वयसःof vigor / of life(-force)
वयसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: of/for)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुमेधाः(I,) the good-minded / wise
सुमेधाः:
कर्तृ (apposition to ‘I’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-मेधा- (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वाध्यःself-strong / well-endowed
स्वाध्यः:
कर्तृ (apposition to ‘I’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootस्वाधि- / स्वाध्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having good rule/strength’)
वरिवोवित्तरस्यof the better finder of favor / wider room
वरिवोवित्तरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: of the more favor-finding one)
TypeAdjective (comparative)
Rootवरिवो-वित्त-र (प्रातिपदिक; वरिवस् ‘wide space/favor’ + वित्त ‘finding’ + -र comparative)
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म (object of ‘approach’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ (in coordination with ‘mortals’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand / also
उत:
समुच्चय (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
मर्त्यासःmortals
मर्त्यासः:
कर्तृ (in coordination with ‘gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुsweetness / honey (sweet drink)
मधु:
कर्म (object of ‘speak’)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु- (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रुवन्तःspeaking / uttering
ब्रुवन्तः:
कर्तृ (qualifying ‘gods and mortals’)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√ब्रू (वचने)
अभिtoward / unto
अभि:
दिशा/उपसर्ग (directional: toward)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअभि
संचरन्तिthey move/come together; they approach
संचरन्ति:
क्रिया (finite predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (गत्यर्थे) + सम्-
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