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 ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.13.14

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。

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (adds ‘come!’ sense)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• तू: you
• तू: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / tvam

• गहि: come!
• गहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) / gam ‘to go, come’

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) / pra

• तु: indeed, then, but
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (निपात) / tu

• द्रव: run, hasten!
• द्रव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु) / dru ‘to run’ (Vedic: drav-)

• मत्स्व: rejoice, be exhilarated
• मत्स्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु) / mad ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’

• सुतस्य: of the pressed Soma
• सुतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / (of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press (Soma)’) / suta

• गोमतः: rich in cattle (abounding)
• गोमतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमत् (प्रातिपदिक) / gomant ‘having cows, rich in cattle’

• तन्तुम्: the thread
• तन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्तु (प्रातिपदिक) / tantu ‘thread’

• तनुष्व: stretch, extend
• तनुष्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तन् (धातु) / tan ‘to stretch, extend’

• पूर्व्यम्: ancient, primeval
• पूर्व्यम्: Karma (as qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक) / pūrvya ‘former, ancient, primeval’

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) / yathā

• विदे: (so that) he/one may know; may it be found/attained
• विदे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) / vid ‘to know, find’