Rig Veda 1.187.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 187, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.187
Devata: Soma (as Pitu/Madhu: the delight-draught)
Chandas: Gayatri/Anuṣṭubh uncertain (meter requires syllable verification; short verse suggests non-Trishtubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स्वादो पितो मधो पितो वयं त्वा ववृमहे । अस्माकमविता भव ॥
Transliteration
svā́do pito mádho pito vayáṁ tvā vavṛmahe | asmā́kam avitā́ bhava ||
Translation
甘きものよ、飲まるるものよ。蜜なるものよ、飲まるるものよ――われらは汝に向かい、汝を選び取る。われらの護り手、支え手となれ。
Word by Word
स्वादोO sweet one
स्वादो:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective (vocative used substantively)
Rootस्वादु- (प्रातिपदिक; PIE *swād- ‘sweet’)
पितोO drinker
पितो:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (agentive, vocative)
Rootपा (धातु ‘to drink’) → पितृ/पितु- (Vedic vocative of ‘drinker’)
मधोO honey / O sweet drink
मधो:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootमधु- (प्रातिपदिक)
पितोO drinker
पितो:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (agentive, vocative)
Rootपा (धातु) → पितु- (agent noun, Vedic voc.)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ववृमहेwe have chosen / we choose
ववृमहे:
(क्रिया) — कर्तृ: वयम्; कर्म: त्वा
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु; Vedic ‘to choose, to seek, to prefer’)
अस्माकम्of us / our
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun (genitive)
Rootअस्मद्-
अविताprotector, helper
अविता:
कर्तृ (of भव)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootअवितृ- (from अव् ‘to help, protect’ + तृ agent suffix)
भवbecome / be
भव:
(क्रिया) — संबोधितः कर्ता (त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु ‘to be, become’)
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