Rig Veda 8.85.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 85, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.85

Devata: Aśvins (Nāsatyas)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ मे हवं नासत्याश्विना गच्छतं युवम् । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.85.1

Transliteration

ā́ me hávaṃ nāsatyā́śvinā gácchataṃ yuvám | mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||

Translation

わが呼びかけに来たれ、ナーサティヤ（Nāsatyā）よ、アシュヴィン（Aśvin）なる双神よ、汝ら二柱よ。甘蜜のソーマ（Soma）を飲むために来たれ。

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (preverb: ‘to, near’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronominal stem)

• हवम्: invocation, call
• हवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (prātipadika: ‘invocation, call’)

• नासत्या: O Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
• नासत्या: —
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: नासत्य (prātipadika; epithet of the Aśvins)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (the twin horsemen)
• अश्विना: —
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika; ‘Aśvin’)

• गच्छतम्: come! (you two), go hither
• गच्छतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) / gam ‘to go’

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronominal stem)

• मध्वः: of the sweet (drink), of honey/mead
• मध्वः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (prātipadika: ‘sweet drink, honey; mead’)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (prātipadika)

• पीतये: for drinking
• पीतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (verbal action noun)
• Root: पा (धातु) / pā ‘to drink’ → पीति (action noun) / पीतये (dat. sg.)