Rig Veda 9.51.3: Mandala 9, Sukta 51, Mantra 3
Sukta 9.51
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तव त्य इन्दो अन्धसो देवा मधोर्व्यश्नते । पवमानस्य मरुतः ॥
Transliteration
táva tyá índo ándhaso devā́ mádhor ví aśnate | pávamānasya marútaḥ ||
Translation
हे सोम, जब तुमको निचोड़ा जाता है, तब भगवान उसका मीठा रस चखने आते हैं। मरुत देवता भी आते हैं जब यह पानी साफ होता है और बहने लगता है। सब मिलके इसका मज़ा लेते हैं।
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) → तव
त्येthose
त्ये:
कर्तृ (with following verb)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootत्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative address)
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्धसःof the Soma-juice / of the pressed draught
अन्धसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मधोःof sweetness / of honey (i.e., sweet Soma)
मधोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, widely, fully (intensifying the verb)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
अश्नतेthey partake / enjoy
अश्नते:
क्रिया (with देवाः as kartā; genitives as source/possessed object)
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (अश्नोति) ‘to eat, partake’
पवमानस्यof the Pavamāna (purifying Soma)
पवमानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet of Soma)
Rootपवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘to purify’ → पवमान ‘being purified/flowing clear’)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्तृ (elliptical: ‘(also) the Maruts (partake)’) / or apposition to देवाः
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
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