Rig Veda 5.73.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 73, Mantra 8

Sukta 5.73

Devata: Aśvins (addressed with epithet Rudrā)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मध्व ऊ षु मधूयुवा रुद्रा सिषक्ति पिप्युषी । यत्समुद्राति पर्षथः पक्वाः पृक्षो भरन्त वाम् ॥

Transliteration

mádhva ū́ ṣú madhūyuvā rudrā́ síṣakti pipyúṣī | yát samudrā́ti párṣathaḥ pakvā́ḥ pṛ́kṣo bharanta vām ||

Translation

Sungguh, kemanisan madu—wahai Rudra yang muda-madu—melekat padamu, kaya dan kian melimpah. Ketika kamu menyeberangi kedalaman samudra, tegukan-tegukan yang telah masak membawa bagimu pemeliharaan; daya-daya yang matang mengusung bagianmu dari kelimpahan.

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Word by Word

• मधु: honey; sweetness
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊ: indeed; surely
• ऊ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊ (निपात)

• षु: quickly; just; verily
• षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षु (निपात)

• मधूयुवा: O honey-youthful ones (sweet-young)
• मधूयुवा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधूयु- (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + यु ‘युवा/युवन्’)

• रुद्रा: O two Rudras (Maruts/dual Rudras)
• रुद्रा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिषक्ति: clings/attaches; joins
• सिषक्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सञ्ज्/√सच् (सचँ/सञ्जँ ‘to attach, join, cling’)

• पिप्युषी: swelling, abounding; full (f.)
• पिप्युषी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Kṛdanta)
• Root: √प्याय् (प्यायँ ‘to swell, be full, abound’) → पिप्युषी (कृदन्त/विशेषण)

• यत्: which; what
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• समुद्रात्: from the sea/ocean
• समुद्रात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus; as (it is said)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• पर्षथः: you two carry across; bring over
• पर्षथः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ/√पॢ (पॄ ‘to carry across, bring over’; Vedic aor./inj. stem पर्ष-)

• पक्वाः: ripe; cooked; matured (pl.)
• पक्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Kṛdanta)
• Root: पक्व- (कृदन्त; √पच् ‘to cook, ripen’)

• पृक्षः: sprinklings/refreshing draughts; mixtures
• पृक्षः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sprinkling/refreshment’, also ‘mixture’ in Vedic)

• भरन्त: they bring; they bear
• भरन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भृञ् ‘to bear, bring’)

• वाम्: to/for you two; of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)