Rig Veda 8.13.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 13, Mantra 14
Sukta 8.13
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ तू गहि प्र तु द्रव मत्स्वा सुतस्य गोमतः । तन्तुं तनुष्व पूर्व्यं यथा विदे ॥
Transliteration
ā́ tū́ gahi prá tú drava mátsvā sutásya gómataḥ | tántuṃ tanuṣva pū́rvyaṃ yáthā vidé ||
Translation
さあ来たれ、進み出でよ——光に満ちた搾りたてのソーマ（soma）を歓び味わえ。われらの内に古（いにしえ）の糸を張り渡し、われらがまことに知ることができるように。
Word by Word
आhither, towards (adds ‘come!’ sense)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
तूyou
तू:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootत्वम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / tvam
गहिcome!
गहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) / gam ‘to go, come’
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) / pra
तुindeed, then, but
तु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (निपात) / tu
द्रवrun, hasten!
द्रव:
—
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धातु) / dru ‘to run’ (Vedic: drav-)
मत्स्वrejoice, be exhilarated
मत्स्व:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु) / mad ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’
सुतस्यof the pressed Soma
सुतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / (of)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press (Soma)’) / suta
गोमतःrich in cattle (abounding)
गोमतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / (of)
TypeAdjective
Rootगोमत् (प्रातिपदिक) / gomant ‘having cows, rich in cattle’
तन्तुम्the thread
तन्तुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतन्तु (प्रातिपदिक) / tantu ‘thread’
तनुष्वstretch, extend
तनुष्व:
—
TypeVerb
Rootतन् (धातु) / tan ‘to stretch, extend’
पूर्व्यम्ancient, primeval
पूर्व्यम्:
Karma (as qualifier of the object)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक) / pūrvya ‘former, ancient, primeval’
यथाso that, as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) / yathā
विदे(so that) he/one may know; may it be found/attained
विदे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु) / vid ‘to know, find’
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