Rig Veda 8.46.26: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 26
Sukta 8.46
Devata: Vāyu/Indra as Soma-drinker (context suggests Vāyu-invocation continuing)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो अश्वेभिर्वहते वस्त उस्रास्त्रिः सप्त सप्ततीनाम् । एभिः सोमेभिः सोमसुद्भिः सोमपा दानाय शुक्रपूतपाः ॥
Transliteration
yó aśvébhir váhate váste usrā́s tríḥ saptá saptatī́nām | ebhíḥ sómebhíḥ somasút-bhiḥ soma-pā dā́nāya śukrapūta-pāḥ ||
Translation
馬に乗じて来たり、輝く暁の牝牛らとともに住まう者――三たび七、七十の群れ――これらのソーマ（Soma）の搾り、ソーマの善き流れによって。ソーマを飲む者よ、施与のために来たれ、澄明にして浄められた光輝を飲む者よ。
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वेभिःwith horses
अश्वेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
वहतेcarries / conveys
वहते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति)
वस्तःthe goods/wealth (the load)
वस्तः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवस्तु/वस्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वस्त्र/वस्तु’ इत्यर्थे) अथवा √वस् (वास-सम्बन्धः) — पदे रूपम् ‘वस्तः’
उस्राःthe ruddy cows (dawns/cows)
उस्राः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउस्र (प्रातिपदिक) / उस्रा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक) ‘उष्ट्र/गावः, उषसः-सम्बद्धाः’
त्रिःthrice
त्रिः:
Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रि (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक) → अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपम्
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्त (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
सप्ततीनाम्of the seventies (groups of seventy)
सप्ततीनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
एभिःwith these
एभिः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमेभिःwith soma-pressings / soma-draughts
सोमेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमसुद्भिःwith the soma-pressers
सोमसुद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसोमसुत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सोमं सुनोति’ इति—‘soma-presser’)
सोमपाःsoma-drinkers
सोमपाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोमपा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सोमं पिबति’ इति) अथवा ‘सोमप’
दानायfor giving / for a gift
दानाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक) / √दा (दाने) से भावनाम
शुक्रपूतपाःthe bright/purified-soma drinkers
शुक्रपूतपाः:
Kartā (विशेषणम् सोमपाः इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootशुक्र-पूत-पा (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘शुक्रेण/शुक्रं पूतम् पिबन्ति’—‘drinking the soma purified/bright’)
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