Rig Veda 8.57.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 57, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.57
Devata: Aśvins (Nāsatyas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
युवं देवा क्रतुना पूर्व्येण युक्ता रथेन तविषं यजत्रा । आगच्छतं नासत्या शचीभिरिदं तृतीयं सवनं पिबाथः ॥
Transliteration
yuváṃ devā kratúnā pūrvyéṇa yuktā́ rathéna taviṣáṃ yajatrā | ā́gacchataṃ nāsatyā śácībhiḥ idáṃ tṛtī́yaṃ sávanaṃ pibāthaḥ ||
Translation
二柱の神よ、古きクラトゥ（kratu、成就する知の意志）によって結ばれ、力の戦車に軛して来たれ、ナーサティヤ（Nāsatyas）よ。汝らのシャチー（śacī、成就の力）をもって、この第三のサヴァナ（savana、搾り）なるソーマ（Soma）を飲め。
Word by Word
युवाम्you two
युवाम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाO gods
देवा:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
क्रतुनाby (your) resolve/ritual power
क्रतुना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्व्येणancient, primeval
पूर्व्येण:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक < पूर्व)
युक्ताyoked, harnessed
युक्ता:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootयुज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृत्/कृत-प्रत्यय)
रथेनwith a chariot
रथेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
तविषम्strength, might
तविषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootतविष्/तविषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strength, might’)
यजत्राO worshipful ones
यजत्रा:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootयजत्र (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक < यज्)
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गच्छतम्come (you two)!
गच्छतम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
नासत्याO Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्या:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (Proper/Deity epithet)
Rootनासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ)
शचीभिःwith (your) powers/skills
शचीभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशची (प्रातिपदिक; ‘powers, skills, efficacies’)
इदम्this
इदम्:
कर्म (पिबाथः इति) / निर्देश
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तृतीयम्third
तृतीयम्:
कर्म (पेयस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootतृतीय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
सवनम्Soma-pressing, libation
सवनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक < सू ‘to press’ → सोमसवन)
पिबाथःdrink (you two)
पिबाथः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु ‘to drink’)
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